JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"dpb" wrote in message ...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"CJT" wrote in message
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Your preference against it doesn't make it "wrong."

It most certainly does. With wiring, only perfection is acceptable. Tape
doesn't even come close.
"Perfection" is defined for practical purposes by the NEC. If it accepts
a practice, that's perfect enough...


I suspect it accepts the practice because wire nuts are faster to apply than
crimps, and professionals like it that way.

You can "suspect" it all you want, but the real reason is that while it
is indeed, reasonably fast and inexpensive, _LOTS_ of empirical data and
lab testing confirm it is quite reliable and safe so more complex
methods are totally unnecessary. The point of the code is, of course,
to provide a safe and effective set of requirements to the practical
application. As someone else already noted, the Code wasn't begun by
government but by the insurance in order to provide the benefits
accruing to their members by the adherence to such standards.
Consequently, when Code is updated to account for new technology, the
prime consideration is that it meets these objectives.

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