What causes mobile homes with aluminum wiring to lose power?

Aluminum wiring is not very reliable.

In our experience, the most common reasons for a mobile to lose power in various circuits is due to incorrectly spliced wires or installation of devices not rated for aluminum wiring.

We have been involved in several such repairs, particularly in double wide mobiles. When the circuits are joined from one side of the mobile to the other, wire nuts or connectors rated for copper only have been used and no anti-oxidant

paste was used.

This in turn caused the connections to overheat and eventually burn off. Causing a lose of power in the remainder of the circuit.

This can also happen in the connections behind switches, plugs or light fixtures as well.