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Posted: 12/21/2016 8:22:03 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/21/2016 8:22:19 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/21/2016 8:24:34 AM EDT
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Every outlet I ever had trouble with was wired this way
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Posted: 12/21/2016 8:28:46 AM EDT
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Don't hire one for home improvements?
Looks like the Made in USA terminal survived, made in china failed? |
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Posted: 12/21/2016 8:33:15 AM EDT
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Every outlet I ever had trouble with was wired this way Every single outlet/switch in my house has them. New construction, 2010. I've replaced every switch with what's pictured on the left. Still have to do all the outlets. |
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Posted: 12/21/2016 9:21:13 AM EDT
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More info needed for the uninformed.
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Posted: 12/21/2016 9:26:25 AM EDT
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I used to List switches and receptacles for Underwriters Laboratories. There is no way in hell that I would use screwless push-in terminals. Backwire clamps are actually my favorite wiring method. Also, I only use the $10 outlets, not the $.29 ones out of a barrel. |
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Posted: 12/21/2016 9:37:17 AM EDT
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More info needed for the uninformed. Backstabbers are bad 
Flipped switch for ceiling fan, fireball came out of switch. |
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Posted: 12/21/2016 9:44:36 AM EDT
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Back when I worked for a big residential electrical contractor I fired more than one "mechanic" for using that infernal feature.
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Posted: 12/21/2016 10:12:35 AM EDT
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They smile in your face, all the time they want to take your place!
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Posted: 12/21/2016 10:15:37 AM EDT
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So cheap Chinese plastic is why you shouldn't use a backstabber?
Maybe just avoid cheap Chinese plastic? |
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Posted: 12/21/2016 10:16:43 AM EDT
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I used to List switches and receptacles for Underwriters Laboratories. There is no way in hell that I would use screwless push-in terminals. Backwire clamps are actually my favorite wiring method. Also, I only use the $10 outlets, not the $.29 ones out of a barrel. Work for a competitor and I agree. They will fail eventually. |
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Posted: 12/21/2016 10:22:59 AM EDT
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Every single outlet/switch in my house has them. New construction, 2010. I've replaced every switch with what's pictured on the left. Still have to do all the outlets. |
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Posted: 12/21/2016 10:41:43 AM EDT
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Our outlets were circa 1957 when we bought the house. Replaced them all with 3 prong outlets (boxes were grounded), and wired them properly. Never liked the "new" way of fastening wires like that. "A good mechanical connection is a good electrical connection." Was one of the earlier lessons my dad taught me when I was a kid. Was referring to mechanically connecting wires before soldering them, but still applies.
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Posted: 12/21/2016 10:46:51 AM EDT
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yeah i hate those, I've mostly replaced all the ones in my house.
they were ivory from the 70's so not Chinese crap and after painting and what not i updated them to the rectangle white ones. |
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Posted: 12/21/2016 10:55:31 AM EDT
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They smile in your face, all the time they want to take your place! Wow you're old. Like me. :) |
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Posted: 12/21/2016 12:04:15 PM EDT
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Backstabbers are bad
Flipped switch for ceiling fan, fireball came out of switch. Yep, Main BR, same deal. Wife was  
I had several left over from our kitchen reno, replaced it immediately. Pie was had. 
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