I wish everyone would stick to that. I have, and I am sure others have, seen as many as 4-14's wrapped around a screw
How many wires are permitted on a standard duplex receptacle?
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I wish everyone would stick to that. I have, and I am sure others have, seen as many as 4-14's wrapped around a screw
jxofaltrds
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Clockwise?
Follow up...You mean you can't put one wire in each of the holes on the back and another one wrapped around the screw?
Had to back the screw out a tad to get both back and front wires. BTW, those are #12.
The right size helps. Not the wire end... the terminal end. I'm fairly certain the screws are #8. The terminal end in picture would accommodate a #10. "They" do make different size terminal ends.
No loops...
No. When I went to pull the outlet out one wire came off. I wasn't going to put it back like that, so it took longer than expected to fix a problem. All I wanted to do was look in the box.
jxofaltrds
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Follow up...
Had to back the screw out a tad to get both back and front wires. BTW, those are #12.
The right size helps. Not the wire end... the terminal end. I'm fairly certain the screws are #8. The terminal end in picture would accommodate a #10. "They" do make different size terminal ends.
No loops...
Hope this was a 22.5 CUIN box!
I put it together for demonstration. Never, nor will it be, installed as such.
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wires on a receptacle
wires on a receptacle
OK guys . . . we're going a little astray here. I think Dennis covered it earlier. Wirenutting the neutrals and a single white to the Duplex Receptacle and whatever is provided for the blacks - be it 2 screws, pressure plates or back stabs.
The positive leads do not have to be wirenutted. Thanks for the comments KO
wires on a receptacle
OK guys . . . we're going a little astray here. I think Dennis covered it earlier. Wirenutting the neutrals and a single white to the Duplex Receptacle and whatever is provided for the blacks - be it 2 screws, pressure plates or back stabs.
The positive leads do not have to be wirenutted. Thanks for the comments KO
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The neutral only has to be pigtailed when it is part of a mutli-wire branch circuit.
Question on interpretation...
Where a multiwire branch circuit has split off to a two-wire portion of the circuit, can the grounded conductor be connected through a receptacle's terminal(s)?
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IMO once it branches off it is no longer a MWBC.
Reliability of push-ins?
Reliability of push-ins?
From an efficiency point of view using the push-ins should save time.
What are your opinions about the reliability of using the push-ins? And if it is used as a feed through device which carries the load of the down stream devices?
Even though they are UL listed but would the push-ins be prone to the possibility of more failures?
Reliability of push-ins?
From an efficiency point of view using the push-ins should save time.
What are your opinions about the reliability of using the push-ins? And if it is used as a feed through device which carries the load of the down stream devices?
Even though they are UL listed but would the push-ins be prone to the possibility of more failures?
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