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Jack Legg

@comcast.net

reply to alkizmo

Re: Why only 1 ground terminal and 2 hot/neutral on receptacles?

I never pigtail a receptacle when there are back wire terminal pockets available.

In fact, in the industrial control cabinet world, 99.9999% of wire connections are made on screw clamp terminal blocks.

Wire nuts are virtually never used!


alkizmo

join:2007-06-25
Pierrefonds, QC
kudos:1

Now yes I am using the device as a junction.
I am aware of the downside in terms of loose terminals causing all receptacles down the line to stop, but I'd be very familiar with the wirin to fix it.

Anyway I could pig tail the standard receptacles if you guys convince me to do so (I stopped after 2 receptacles as I had to leave to do other things.)

However my main issue was with the gfci I put at the beginning of the circuit to protect all receptacles down stream. D
Those you gotta use as a junction and yet still force to pig tail the ground when you have already very little space left in the box (due to gfci size)



alkizmo

join:2007-06-25
Pierrefonds, QC
kudos:1

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reply to Jack Legg
Jack, I wish they were back entry with screw terminals, but I needed all tamper proof receptacles in bulk. The choice was limited so I got stuck with screw terminals + backstabs(which I won't use).

Same thing for the self-grounding receptacles. There wasn't that option in store.


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