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Re: Electrical Question

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Subject: Re: Electrical Question
From: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@Ameritech.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 23:36:17 -0500
True - and besides, it's not legal to feed another circuit through the 
push-in connectors.



> The professional electricians I know eschew the use of the quick wire
> connections. The advantage of the pigtails is that if something goes wrong
> with the outlet, you still have power down the line. If you use the outlet
> for the connection and a problem develops, it would knock out everything
> beyond the connection. The reason they don't like the quick connections is
> that the screw connection to the outlet is more positive with less chance 
> of
> a loose connection that could cause arcing within the box that could lead 
> to
> a fire hazard.
>
> Charley Robinson
>
>
> ........ Is there any
> advantage or disadvantage to tieing the leads together with wire nuts as
> opposed to using the quick wire connection?
>
> Hope thats clear enough.
>
> Thanks,
> Kurt Oblinger




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