Eddie702
Licensed Electrician
- Location
- Western Massachusetts
- Occupation
- Electrician
Haven't done much residential lately but now that I retired I am do a few residential job for friends etc. You know the good paying jobs LOL.
I get frustrated with the plastic boxes with clamps. I used to like the old fiberglass boxes punch the hole out with a screwdriver strip the romex and jam it in and staple it .....done. The plastic boxes with clamps always frustrate me, pry the clam with a screwdriver, strip the romex and try poking it in. One wire always goes down the side of the clamp and gets wedged into the side of the clamp. Just seems difficult to get the dam cable in the box. Seems so simple I feel like a dope.
Maybe its my arthritis and my fingers don't work as good as they used to I admit. My latest trick is to pull on the rib on the clamp from inside the box which helps a little.
What's the trick? What am i missing?
I get frustrated with the plastic boxes with clamps. I used to like the old fiberglass boxes punch the hole out with a screwdriver strip the romex and jam it in and staple it .....done. The plastic boxes with clamps always frustrate me, pry the clam with a screwdriver, strip the romex and try poking it in. One wire always goes down the side of the clamp and gets wedged into the side of the clamp. Just seems difficult to get the dam cable in the box. Seems so simple I feel like a dope.
Maybe its my arthritis and my fingers don't work as good as they used to I admit. My latest trick is to pull on the rib on the clamp from inside the box which helps a little.
What's the trick? What am i missing?