On Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 3:29:20 PM UTC-6, TimR wrote:
On Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 2:10:45 PM UTC-5, Oren wrote:
On Sat, 5 Mar 2016 07:51:20 -0800 (PST), TimR
wrote:

On Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 8:45:15 AM UTC-5, Mayayana wrote:
But more to the point is that the contacts should
be wrapped with electrical tape. I rarely see
electricians do that, but if they're wrapped then
there's no risk of sparking or of kids getting their

The contacts? You mean the screws that hold the wires to the outlet?

I have never ever seen this done, and can't picture a way to do it other than wrapping tape round and round the whole outlet, which would look incredibly sloppy.

Unless I'm picturing this wrong?

Wrapped on the side, not around.

Pic:

https://tinyurl.com/hp42mqd

Thanks for the pic. I had not heard of anybody doing this, and if I'd ever run into it without this discussion, I would have assumed somebody didn't know what they were doing, and I'd have checked the rest of their work twice as carefully.

I have seen wire nuts taped, and I have a friend who was taught that way in his factory's safety classes. The theory was that the nut might someday vibrate loose. I don't like wire nuts myself, prefer the chocolate block type solution whenever possible, but 7 cents versus 3 dollars does make a lot of difference on a big job.

I used the newer push in and lever action connectors on all the last of the electrical work I did. I used those manufactured by Wago and Ideal. The Wago lever connectors are the best for light fixtures because a #12 stranded or solid can be put in one opening and the little #18 solid or stranded fixture wire can be inserted into another port. To remove a wire, you lift the locking lever and slide the wire out. The connectors are completely reusable. Wago and Ideal make very good push on connectors that make quick reliable connections. I like them because they don't take up as much room as wire nuts. ^_^

http://www.wago.us/

http://www.wago.us/products/terminal...ries/overview/

http://tinyurl.com/h9tx8om

http://www.wago.us/products/terminal...ries/overview/

http://tinyurl.com/hg5zrpy

http://www.idealind.com/prodDetail.d...v=0&l1=push-in

http://tinyurl.com/osllj63

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