hbiss
EC, Westchester, New York NEC: 2014
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- Hawthorne, New York NEC: 2014
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- EC
But there's a loop hole...
-Hal
-Hal
Device plaster ears
- Thread starter Jayd3
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kwired
Electron manager
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- NE Nebraska
If you are used to stripping and looping with the tools you normally carry, you will be faster with those - regardless of what they may be.
kwired
Electron manager
- Location
- NE Nebraska
In my "screw box" on the truck there is one bin that is broken off plaster ears. They make great washers for either spacing devices or other general uses that you would use a similar sized washer for. I also have a bin with 1/4-20 nuts, as I do often need them for use on 1/4-20 bolts, but they also make great device spacers when you do need that ~1/4 inch or so.
I will bend the ears on switches, generally not on receptacles as they get pushed/pulled on when inserting plugs and eventually will bend them back and then you have loose fitting device in the wall. Cheap grade receptacles you maybe used to get away with it, but now that we need TR receptacles in most locations where you might use the cheap grade those often take more force to insert a cord cap.
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