JC wrote:

"jJim McLaughlin" wrote in message
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The better method is to "pigtail" the connection, which involves wire
nuts.
12 ga is a bear to work in a standard depth box. Deep boxes leave
more room.
Power in on 1 cable, wire nut 3 or 4 12 ga feeders to the power black,
feed each switch
one feeder.


Time out! When you put 4 12 ga feeders to a power black, I'm assuming a
total of 5 12 ga wires. How in the world do you get a wire nut screwed
onto 5 wires. I'm having hell getting 3 of them tight and in fact the
only way I'm having any luck is twisting them together first.


Its not clear to me from the OP's post how many switces he is trying
to drive.
It might be 4, it might be 3, it might be 5. I can't tell.

If its 4 or 5 switches, you just set up two clusters of pigtails. No
big deal.