Frank Pratt
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I bought a 60 gal Husky compressor 6 or 7 years ago from HD for about 30 or 40% off. I didn't need a big one, but it was such a good sale that I went...

Because you have 2 wires instead of 1 trying to torque the screw loose when the receptacle is pushed back in the box. Especially with #12 wire. I've...

An issue with not twisting is that when there are more than a couple of wires, it can be tough to twist the wire nut on hard enough to make the twist...

Yes, that's the one.

Just by coincidence, a youtube popped up a couple of days ago that tested Wago vs wire nuts. The guy was running massive overcurrent through &...

What Bruce said. If it's still tacky, it's not dry enough. The glue should feel completely dry to a light touch. in dealing with the differing...

I haven't used thousands of them yet, but I like them. I didn't want to because of the reputation of the back stab receptacles. But after lots of...

Ain't that the truth. Some other good brands are Ideal, Klein and Channellock. I don't like using brand new linesman pliers because the jaws are too...

I bought a donut CT & digital display for my DC that was shockingly inexpensive and quite accurate. You'd need 2, 1 for each line. I think it was...

Lowball electrical contractors have been using back stabs from when the came out (40 - 50 years ago?) to this day. I emphasize lowball, with all its...

Wire nuts are perfectly acceptable and reliable for power connections. There are some critical installations where engineers may specify crimp or...

Soldering is forbidden by code in some situations, like fire alarm connections.

I agree, and for that reason, I didn't select either answer.

Rod, I'm a stickler for following the book, but sometimes you have to let common sense & experience take the driver's seat. For a couple of #14...

Ever used the Pass & Seymore Plugtail system? The receptacles come with a pigtail harness consisting of stranded wire leads that terminate in a plug...

Taping the outlets is not a bad thing, except for the added labor. Unless the box has been bent in, the side wired terminals will not touch the box....

If it was my house, I'd fix them all. You probably don't have to replace the receptacles because they usually have side wired terminals as well. I've...

Haha! Same with a bottle of ketchup. And that stuff is hell to get off a popcorn texture ceiling :(

I can see the value in an article like that. We are all at different places in our woodworking journey, and there is a fair bit to know about driving...

I've never found an insulation displacing connector, even from 3M, that worked reliably for power applications.

This relates to another thread in "off topic" on receptacles. Are those receptacle wired with the back stab connections? If so, that may well be the...

After papering the main living areas of a house & then having to strip & paint said house several years later, I decided that I would never do that...

I have a good example of what happens when the back stabber connections are used on my "wall of shame" Those things should never have been approved....

You will have to modify the controls to go that low and there will need to be defrost cycles every several hours to keep the evaporator coil from...

Locate your cyclone a little differently so you'll have at least a few feet of straight run heading into the cyclone. That allows the air heading...

I'm convinced that Woodpeckers' mission statement is to see just how little value per dollar spent they can put into a product. No question, some of...

As we always say after a long pull & there's excess wire, "better looking at it than for it". We did a 300' underground run with 750 MCM wire & in...

Steel wool clogs way less than sand paper. I prefer abrasive pads though, because they seem to be more consistent. Steel wool seems to leave the odd...

Thanks for posting that info Andrew. I have the V2 & like it, but that V3 is definitely an improvement.

My Bose system consists of the head unit, power amps and speakers. I'm only going to change the head unit. But something Bose has always done is...