my wiring vs book wiring, which is best

[bbeell@live.com]

I'm most likely incorrect but in the book I am studing, the books neutral wire
routing in this circuit seems to add work and take up space. please examine my
noted faults in the book. along with my suggested wire diagram

1. the book connects from the split receptacle to the end receptacle.
it seems easier to connect to a wire nut as in my drawing for a direct neutral path,
while also allowing for a section of dedicated neutral path.

 

[just the cowboy]

Add's a wire nut

Add's a wire nut

Your way adds a wirenut, depending on box fill with extra wires for split recpt may be overfill with extra wirenut. I do your way and not daisy chained as in theirs.

 

[hbiss]

So you pigtailed the neutrals at the split receptacle. Say that receptacle wasn't split, would you have pigtailed the hots too? I usually like to. I think it's a better job than using the receptacle for a splice.

And if that was a MWBC you would have to pigtail the neutral.

-Hal

 

[bbeell@live.com]

thanks for the quick response

 

[bbeell@live.com]

Your way adds a wirenut, depending on box fill with extra wires for split recpt may be overfill with extra wirenut. I do your way and not daisy chained as in theirs.

interesting!

 

[infinity]

Although they do take up additional room, pigtails and wirenuts do not count for box fill.

 

[jumper]

Six of one, a half dozen of the other. Both work and are NEC compliant, so it is just a matter of preference IMO.

 

[roger]

Six of one, a half dozen of the other. Both work and are NEC compliant, so it is just a matter of preference IMO.

Ditto

Roger