The most common way of making an electrical connection is with a device called a wire nut. Solid wire connections should be twisted together with a pair of pliers before installing the wire nut to hold the splice tight. Twisting stranded wire together with a pair of pliers does not allow the wire nut to grip the wires as tight as it should. Stranded wire should be held together side by side (in parallel) and let the wire nut twist the wires together to make a solid splice connection.
Leaving any exposed bare wiring can lead to short circuit and breaker tripping. Most of the times wires in junction boxes are jammed into the back of the box. This is to allow for a device such as a switch or receptacle to be installed. Leaving exposed wire showing below the wire nut could allow contact with other exposed wires or it could come in contact with the bare ground wire which is also jammed in there. Good workmanship should prevail, only strip as much wire as needed to twist the wires together. Then install the wire nut. The skirt of the wire nut should project down over the insulation of the wire by a quarter of an inch. If it does not use a larger wire nut. This will provide full insulation protection to the wires in the junction box.
It depends if you mean the telegraph or wiring. The telegraph was invented by Samuel Finley Breese Morse around 1832. If you mean just wire, nobody really knows who invented it. Wire is probably over 4000 years old.
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Just make it a junction box. Remove the outlet, tie the blacks together under a wire nut. The the whites together under a wire nut. Tie the ground wires together under a wire nut. Push all the wires back into the outlet box and cover it with a blank cover. Paint the cover the same color as the wall. Do not sheet-rock over the outlet box. All junction boxes must be accessible.
A wire nut can typically accommodate 2 to 6 wires, depending on the size and type of wire nut being used.
To properly connect wires using a wire nut with pigtail, strip the insulation off the wires, twist them together, and then twist on the wire nut securely. Finally, attach the pigtail wire to the wire nut to create a secure and reliable connection.
For a 12-2 wire (which consists of a black insulated wire, a white insulated wire, and a bare copper ground wire), you should use a red wire nut. This wire nut size is designed to accommodate two to three 12-gauge wires, which is suitable for connecting your 12-2 wire.
The color of a wire nut typically corresponds to the size of wires it can safely connect. Different colors are rated for different wire gauges and combinations. It's important to always use the correct size wire nut for the wires you are connecting to ensure a secure and safe connection.
The barbed wire was invented by Joseph Glidden. The barbed wire was invented by Joseph Glidden.
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The wire whisk was invented by Sylvan Nathan Goldman, the person who invented the shopping cart. I am not sure WHEN the wire whisk was invented but I am trying to find that out too :)
barbed wire was invented on October 27,1873
Moisture causing corrosion on the nutted wires causing a high resistance on the splice which in turn creates heat. Sometimes on conditions like this the wire insulation can melt back up to six inches. Close to the splice the insulation can actually get so brittle that it will fall off of the wire.
Sure. Just cap it off with a wire nut.
The most common way of making an electrical connection is with a device called a wire nut. Solid wire connections should be twisted together with a pair of pliers before installing the wire nut to hold the splice tight. Twisting stranded wire together with a pair of pliers does not allow the wire nut to grip the wires as tight as it should. Stranded wire should be held together side by side (in parallel) and let the wire nut twist the wires together to make a solid splice connection.
The most common way of making an electrical connection is with a device called a wire nut. Solid wire connections should be twisted together with a pair of pliers before installing the wire nut to hold the splice tight. Twisting stranded wire together with a pair of pliers does not allow the wire nut to grip the wires as tight as it should. Stranded wire should be held together side by side (in parallel) and let the wire nut twist the wires together to make a solid splice connection.