Karl H
Senior Member
- Location
- San Diego,CA
Today, my apprentice came up to me after completing 16 hours of trim in an office building. He wanted to know why we back-stab devices in commercial "like they do in residential."
Being the constant purveyor of truth and wisdom to all the young apprentices...with a stern glare, I responded, "cause I said so, now get back to work!" lol. This is a good kid, very rare...he's eager to learn so I always make every attempt I can to answer his questions with an NEC text reference and a real world explanation, based on my experience so that the other foreman and journeymen can't fool him into believeing their hysterically odd and uneducated interpretations of the NEC or electrical theory.
Well, this particular question I cannot answer based on my knowledge of the NEC or any other mandate. Honestly, I've never even thought about it. To me, a "back-stabbed receptical" was a "receptical that you have to replace after finding it the cause of an open circuit at your friends house." lol.
So why is it that it is not permitted? I have my ideas but nothing based on a mandate I've read. What is the NEC reference?Anyway, if they did make 15I or 20I devices that allowed # 12 to be back stabbed they would be forbiden on my jobs just because of the fail rate.
Thanks in advance.
Being the constant purveyor of truth and wisdom to all the young apprentices...with a stern glare, I responded, "cause I said so, now get back to work!" lol. This is a good kid, very rare...he's eager to learn so I always make every attempt I can to answer his questions with an NEC text reference and a real world explanation, based on my experience so that the other foreman and journeymen can't fool him into believeing their hysterically odd and uneducated interpretations of the NEC or electrical theory.
Well, this particular question I cannot answer based on my knowledge of the NEC or any other mandate. Honestly, I've never even thought about it. To me, a "back-stabbed receptical" was a "receptical that you have to replace after finding it the cause of an open circuit at your friends house." lol.
So why is it that it is not permitted? I have my ideas but nothing based on a mandate I've read. What is the NEC reference?Anyway, if they did make 15I or 20I devices that allowed # 12 to be back stabbed they would be forbiden on my jobs just because of the fail rate.
Thanks in advance.