When home owner was getting ready to sell he chaged the electrical outlets not knowing the danger he caused. and home inspector should loose his certification and never be allowed to inspect again in Pa.

 I do occasional work where i perform Electrical Forensic Inspection. for various entity's.

I was asked to look over an electrical outlet which caught fire in a bedroom in a house and nothing was plugged into it. 

 

  After examining everything I found out Aluminum  Romex was used in this house and was mixed with copper very bad thing.to do..

To make matters worse before the owner a former home builder moved out he changed all the electrical outlets  which where specifically designed to use copper and aluminum the cheap Chinese ones where copper only they hooked the aluminum romex 

Power being pulled thru the outlet and the dissimilar metals lead to a galvanic action and heat and caused the outlet to start smoking.  

 

To make matters worse they hired a home inspector to go over the home and even thou Aluminum Romex was clearly visible in breaker panel inspector never said a word about  it  and is required by law to do so upon finding it which means he gave this house an easy pass.

I HAVE WRITTEN PREVIOUSLY ABOUT THESE SO CALLED HOME INSPECTORS . THEY ARE WORTHLESS AND SHOULD BE BANNED FROM OFFERING SERVICES PERIOD. THEY SHOULD HAVE TO GO THRU SAME TRAINING A MUNICIPAL BUILDING INSPECTOR GOES THRU.

THIS INSPECTOR  SHOULD BE BROUGHT UP ON CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR RISKING A CATASTROPHE A FELONY CHARGE IN  PA. 

Needless to say most he will face is civil lawsuit and once again a non qualified home inspector gets away with costing a new home owner thousands to correct an issue he should have clearly pointed out .