Timeline for Splicing new wire into existing home wiring
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:22 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Apr 12, 2017 at 16:32 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackDIY/status/852197851023241216 | ||
| Apr 12, 2017 at 16:09 | vote | accept | Derek D | ||
| Apr 12, 2017 at 10:56 | answer | added | Tester101 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 10:24 | comment | added | Jim Stewart | I assume this is copper wire, right? My tract house was thrown up in 1970 with aluminum wire and they did not leave the standard 6 inches past the wall. Two or 3 inches or less in some cases. This made pig-tailing with copper a trial. But your wires sound even shorter! This is going to be troublesome and/or expensive to deal with unless these WAGO push-in connectors will work, which I doubt. Maybe you could relocate some boxes to get slack? AFIK home inspectors remove cover plates, but do NOT pull out receptacles or use any other means to determine the length of conductor in boxes. | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 3:58 | comment | added | Derek D | Apologies, I did not realize that was another name for them. | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 3:55 | history | edited | ThreePhaseEel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
edit in link to explain what the OP is referring to
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| Apr 12, 2017 at 3:55 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | Yup -- that's the same thing I refer to when I say "Wago-type connector" | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 3:50 | comment | added | Derek D | I mean like the one you mentioned previously. Link | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 3:43 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | By "push in connector" do you mean a Wago-type multi-wire connector? | |
| Apr 12, 2017 at 3:35 | history | asked | Derek D | CC BY-SA 3.0 |