Originally Posted by
Jack Frederick
Don’t fall prey to the “easy” way of doing the stab-in method on the back of the receptacle. That is the simple diy method. Secure the wire properly to the screw terminals. The stab ins created some real troubleshooting problems for me.
To be clear, those of us that have mentioned backwiring on the good quality hardware were referring to backwire with screws to secure, not the "back stab" type you mention. It's a lot easier than bending around screws with the same level of "secure".
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