I dont' usually jump in, but don't you have those numbers backwards? The
backstabbable outlets i've seen won't allow a 12 in the hole.


steve


"Doug Miller" wrote in message
...
In article , albee
wrote:

Thanks for the heads-up on the switches, too. Boy, as bad as
backstabbed things appear to be it's hard to believe codes allow it.

The biggest problems, actually, are with 14-gauge wire in backstab
connections. And the Code *doesn't* allow that any more, precisely because
of
problems such as you are seeing. (The installation in your home probably
did
meet Code at the time it was done.) 12-gauge wire is still permitted to be
backstabbed (but screws are much, much better).

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.