cschmid
Senior Member
- Location
- Northern cold country
Larry is correct the heat from higher amp items causes the spring tension to weaken and then the heating is increased and the process becomes accelerated..
crimp on terminals come in many forms and the bare (non insulated) ones I use fit nicely in a box..yes they are more labor intensive yet used with a higher grade receptacle they can take the punishment of a college campus..
solid wire breaks when it is crimped, it can not be pulled out of the pipe without removing more then one, it is more labor intensive due to its rigidness, the only benefit is its termination ability, it loosens on the screws when folded up in outlet box, it does not move easily enough to identify it in a group in a box you must pull whole group of wires out of box to work with them, the list goes on..
now lets enter the twelve step program and just say no to solid wire..even if you can save 20 dollars on wire for the job..so save labor as it is easy to burn that up in labor..
crimp on terminals come in many forms and the bare (non insulated) ones I use fit nicely in a box..yes they are more labor intensive yet used with a higher grade receptacle they can take the punishment of a college campus..
solid wire breaks when it is crimped, it can not be pulled out of the pipe without removing more then one, it is more labor intensive due to its rigidness, the only benefit is its termination ability, it loosens on the screws when folded up in outlet box, it does not move easily enough to identify it in a group in a box you must pull whole group of wires out of box to work with them, the list goes on..
now lets enter the twelve step program and just say no to solid wire..even if you can save 20 dollars on wire for the job..so save labor as it is easy to burn that up in labor..