Stranded wire/crimps/receptacles

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it states on receptacle copper wire only. If I have stranded wire is it permissible to use a fork crimp/stak-on? Thanks.
 
wiredy said:
it states on receptacle copper wire only. If I have stranded wire is it permissible to use a fork crimp/stak-on? Thanks.
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I had never really thought of that, I can tell you I have and will again but now you got me thinking...

For what it's worth the devices are listed for use with stranded wire directly.
 
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wiredy said:
it states on receptacle copper wire only. If I have stranded wire is it permissible to use a fork crimp/stak-on? Thanks.
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please, please don't let someone find where this is a violation.......:)
I despise stranded terminations direct to receptacles (other than $10 back-wired type)...see it done with all kind of tricks (leave part of insulation/reverse twist, etc etc)..never saw one I was comfortable with...
can't reject it, know it's legal, but I love to see stak-ons when stranded is used.
 
Never thought about it either. We always use the forked terminals to make sure for a good connection. I guess you could put a solid pigtail and wire nut to the stranded. I have been taught that twisting the strands opposite of your "hook" is the way to do it and it seems to help when I do not have my terminals with me.
 
I am only guessing here, but I wonder if "copper wire only" really means "no alumnium wire".

I don't think the stake-ons are made of alumnium, are they?

Steve
 
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I am only guessing here, but I wonder if "copper wire only" really means "no aluminum wire".
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That's my guess
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I don't think the stake-ons are made of aluminum, are they?
Steve
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The owners of the tradename Sta-Kon, Thomas&Betts, use copper with (standard) a tin plate. There are many, perhaps hundreds, of companies who make competing units, and I'm sure some of them have used aluminum to save $$. Safe? with copper or aluminum, who knows. The "crimps" used by the electric utility crews are aluminum, but the wire is usually aluminum or ACSR and they prepare properly.
 
And this is why I never used stranded wire.

In the thread about grounding using crimps, one of the complaints was the way the crimps were installed. I worry a lot less about how it is installed on a ground wire than how it is installed on the hot and neutral.
 
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