When you're using a twist-on connector to splice a stranded wire with a solid wire, it's a good idea to strip an extra 1/8 inch of insulation from the stranded wire, and to hold the wires together so the stranded wire extends 1/8 inch past the solid. This helps the wire connector...
Next, pull the wires you want to splice through the clamps so the exposed ends are inside the junction box. Pull them far enough in so the clamp closes over the wire casing. At that point, you can twist the wires together with their counterparts-- make sure you match colors and twist ...
Take one set of wires that you intend to splice and place the ends/terminals next to each other—negative to negative (-), positive to positive (+). You want the wires to be in-phase. If you're unsure,test the speaker wires with a battery. Using the wire cutters, strip off the ex...
How to Perfectly Clean Wires in Minutes!!!: Here is an old ham radio operators trick for cleaning wires for soldering that are old and corroded. It is hard to find this technique printed anywhere! I am a ham, NH7ZE, and learned it from my elmer (me
Terminate the ground wire and again splice the neutral wires without terminating them anywhere. Be Careful When Buying the Switches A final word of caution: when buying the switches, make sure the switch amperage is rated at least as much as the breaker that turns off the power to the circui...
The ground wire is already bare but I'll need to remove insulation from the black, red, and white conductors before they can be connected to a device or to a splice. Excerpting from HOW to CONNECT WIRES to a RECEPTACLE or SWITCH Above I'm showing the wire strip-back gauge area marked...
The easiest way to add new light fixtures is to run the new wiring to the existing light fixture, splice the wires together as the old fixture was connected and then place a decorative blank cover over the fixture box. Arlington makes a white blank fixture box cover that works very well ...
Conductor splice Distribution tie Formed wire insulator tie Distribution tie is used as an alternative for armor rods as it has a tie wire and encased with an insulator. A distribution tie is installed with a pad when used on the naked conductor. Its main purpose is to offer protection agains...
1. to power the upper and lower halves of a receptacle separately we have to break the line-in or black wire or power tab. You can break apart the tab on the white wire neutral side but those connections are going to be made common by a splice in the electrical box anyway. ...
Using a regular splice or electrical tape is not sufficient and will lead to major headaches down the road as the two ends of your wire either wriggle loose or tarnish.Installing wire in concrete Most dog fence installations require the wire to cross over a driveway or sidewalk at some ...