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Aluminum Wiring Repair in Brooksville, FL
Homes Built Before the Late 1970s|AlumiConn Pigtail Repairs or Rewiring|Licensed & Insured, EC13011268
Tell us the year the home was built and what your insurer asked for.
- Pre-late-1970s homes: Where aluminum branch wiring turns up.
- Every connection, not a sample: Lights and junction boxes included.
- Rewiring when it's the better answer: Some circuits or the whole house.
- Licensed & Insured: Florida Certified Electrical Contractor EC13011268.
Homes built before the late 1970s are where we find aluminum branch wiring. You may have spotted "AL" printed on a cable in the attic, or your insurer brought it up after a 4-point inspection.
Aluminum wiring fails at the connections, where aluminum meets an outlet, a switch, or a copper splice. Our standard repair is an AlumiConn pigtail at every connection; rewiring is the alternative when it makes more sense.
Call (352) 251-2795, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., or send a request online. Calls after hours are returned the next business day.
How to Tell
Do You Have Aluminum Wiring? How to Tell
Single-strand aluminum branch wiring was installed in some homes built before the late 1970s. From the outside, the cable looks like any other, so the clues are in the jacket, the panel, and the home's age.
Check the cable jacket
- In the attic or at the panel, look for "AL" or "ALUMINUM" printed on the cable's outer jacket.
- An electrician can confirm it at the panel; don't remove the panel cover to look yourself.
- Don't pull outlets or switches out of the wall to look; that's where the risk is.
Watch for the warning signs
- Outlet or switch plates that feel warm.
- Lights that flicker or dim with no other explanation.
- A faint burning-plastic smell near an outlet or switch.
- Outlets that stop working and come back.
If you notice any of these, stop using that outlet or switch, turn off its breaker if you can do it safely, and call us. Call 911 if there is smoke, sparks, or fire.
Know which aluminum is the concern
Not all aluminum wire is a problem. Large, multi-strand aluminum is widely used for service cables and feeders to panels and heavy appliances, and it is fine when properly installed. The concern insurers raise is the small, single-strand aluminum on ordinary 15- and 20-amp outlet and lighting circuits.
Three ways to fix it
Pigtail, Partial Rewire, or Full Rewire
1. AlumiConn pigtails at every connection
This is our standard repair. At each outlet, switch, light, and junction box on the aluminum circuits, a short copper wire is joined to the aluminum with an AlumiConn connector, and the device is connected to the copper. The aluminum stays in the walls; the weak point is removed from every connection.
- Covers lights and junction boxes as well as outlets and switches.
- Damaged devices found along the way are replaced.
2. Rewiring the worst circuits
Where some circuits are easy to reach from the attic, or have already shown heat damage, it can make sense to replace those runs with copper and pigtail the rest.
- Useful for circuits with visible damage or easy attic access.
- Attic access and the home's layout decide what's practical.
3. Rewiring the whole house
Full rewiring removes the aluminum entirely. It means drywall, devices, and fixtures coming out, so we plan it room by room, or during a remodel you are already doing.
How the Repair Works
How an Aluminum Wiring Repair Works
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1. Confirming it's aluminum
We confirm the wiring is aluminum, count the devices, lights, and junction boxes on those circuits, and check attic access.
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2. The count and the plan
The estimate lists what will be pigtailed and what will be rewired.
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3. The work, circuit by circuit
Each circuit is turned off, pigtailed, and its devices reconnected. Damaged devices are replaced.
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4. Testing
Each circuit is tested before it's turned back on, and any connection that shows past heat damage is noted and corrected. Your invoice itemizes the work for your insurer.
How Aluminum Repairs Are Priced
How Aluminum Wiring Repairs Are Priced
We don't do upfront pricing. No job has a standard price with us: each one is tailored to the property and the work you've asked for, and priced once we've seen it.
We offer free estimates on installs, upgrades, and replacements in our service area. Estimates aren't free when the job needs troubleshooting or testing to price, falls after hours or outside our service area, needs several meetings to gather information, or is new construction or a custom remodel with multi-party walk-throughs. For most jobs, estimates arrive by email by the end of the next business day, and quotes are good for 30 days.
Custom homes and large or multi-phase projects are estimated as soon as we can, or on the timeline your project sets.
What changes the price
03- The size of the home and how many outlets, switches, lights, and junction boxes are on aluminum.
- Access to every device, fixture, and the attic.
- Whether any connections are already heat-damaged.
- Pigtailing only, or pigtailing with some circuits rewired.
Our warranty
04If something we installed fails because of our workmanship within 30 days of completion, we waive the hourly labor to put it right. Materials Kennedy Electric purchases for your job carry the manufacturer's one-year warranty. To replace defective materials we supplied, or materials damaged by storm, flood, fire, or other acts of God, we charge a reduced warranty labor rate of $50 an hour residential and $75 an hour commercial. The warranty does not cover materials not purchased by Kennedy Electric, work performed by the customer, or materials the customer purchased or damaged. Our warranty terms are printed on the estimate, the invoice, and the receipt, and the product boxes stay with you so you can register each product with its manufacturer.
Real customer stories
From the Owner of an Older Home
An older home, looked at properly
“Roger from Kennedy Electric came out today to evaluate and provide estimate. He was on time, very professional, courteous and thorough. Being and older home with plaster walls my project has some things to consider. Roger knew what to look for with excellent ideas how to approach the problems.”
Cynthia Hardeman, Google review
Straight from Google, in our customers' own words.
Is aluminum wiring against code?
Can't I just use outlets and switches rated for aluminum?
Will my insurer accept pigtailing?
Do you have to open the walls?
How long does the repair take?
My range and dryer circuits have aluminum wire. Is that the same problem?
Contact us
Request an Aluminum Wiring Estimate
Tell us the year the home was built, what your insurer or inspection report asked for, and whether you've noticed warm plates or flickering. We'll get back to you during business hours.