What does it mean when the (electrical) wiring in a house is
piggybacked? Is that good or bad (is it a cheap way of doing things)?
Is there any complications that could happen because of it?

I suppose the term can mean many things to different people. What part of
the wiring was being referred to by the term? If it was the circuit breaker
panel, there are "piggyback" breakers, which are essentially two circuit
breakers that fit in the space of a standard single breaker. It's also
possible that the term is being used for an Edison circuit, or multiwire
branch circuit, which is two hot legs of different potential, that share a
neutral conductor. Both are standard wiring methods, and when done properly
work fine



"Mike S." wrote in message
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What does it mean when the (electrical) wiring in a house is
piggybacked? Is that good or bad (is it a cheap way of doing things)?
Is there any complications that could happen because of it?

"Mike S." wrote in message
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What does it mean when the (electrical) wiring in a house is
piggybacked? Is that good or bad (is it a cheap way of doing things)?
Is there any complications that could happen because of it?


In addition to what RBM said there is also a term called "Pigtail". It is
good if your house was wired this way. Especially if it aluminum wiring.

As RBM said, a little context would be very helpful.

In addition to what the others indicated, that term might be used when multiple pieces of romex are put under one staple
(when stapled to studs, joists, etc). I think (although not 100% sure) that's a no-no from a code perspective.

Eric Law

"Mike S." wrote in message oups.com...
What does it mean when the (electrical) wiring in a house is
piggybacked? Is that good or bad (is it a cheap way of doing things)?
Is there any complications that could happen because of it?

In article om, "Eric" wrote:
As RBM said, a little context would be very helpful.

In addition to what the others indicated, that term might be used when multiple
pieces of romex are put under one staple
(when stapled to studs, joists, etc). I think (although not 100% sure) that's
a no-no from a code perspective.

Depends on the staple. Some are listed for use with more than one cable, some
are not.

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Been there, done that...

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On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:22:42 -0700, "Mike S."
wrote:

What does it mean when the (electrical) wiring in a house is
piggybacked? Is that good or bad (is it a cheap way of doing things)?
Is there any complications that could happen because of it?

The electrician never takes a bath and smells like a pig, especially
his backside.