Looking for an electrician in Denver (aluminum wiring)

[Travis Hatch]

My house has aluminum wiring (one breaker is copper, the rest aluminum), a federal pacific box, and a couple other electrical projects.  Everything is working perfectly for now, but I want to initiate a solution.  

I'm looking for a trustworthy electrician who has experience with aluminum wiring to help get everything in a good, safe condition as i'm house hacking and will be bringing tenants in soon.

If anyone on here is an electrician that would be able to check it out, or if any Denver investors have any referrals that would be much appreciated!

Thank you in advance!

[Steve K.]

Call my buddy Gabe at City Electric. 

Please do yourself a favor and get that FPE panel replaced immediately, it may appear to be working perfectly for now and there are a lot of FPE panels still in use that haven't caused fires (yet) but just want to make sure you know what you're dealing with: trust me those things are ticking time bombs. FPE Stab-Lok breakers (red strip across the front, often says Stab-Lok somewhere on the panel) have a very high chance of not tripping when shorted or overloaded. When I was selling residential solar I assessed 3-6 homes a day and often saw FPE panels with charring around where a breaker had been overheating for awhile and started arcing because it failed to trip, causing the breaker to melt and the wood framing the panel was mounted on to start burning.

I don't trust any FPE panels as besides the breakers being defective the busbars themselves have also been known to cause fires because they used a screw that was undersized to attach the busbar. I've seen breakers just fall out when opening the cover. These things are bad news. 

 If you ever find yourself under contract on another property with an FPE panel, I'd recommend having the seller replace it prior to closing as it's a well known and documented safety issue; textbook inspection objection item.  

Also as a heads up, in the meantime before you get it replaced, if you're working on any outlets or anything in your home where you want to shut power down, just be aware that tripping the breakers may not actually de-energize the circuits!