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Sven:
In the first picture, you can just barely see the ends of the duct tape holding it together!

Ian, I saw the ends. I just thought it was the price tag & SKU label. That's where they're always place on the ones I've bought.

The round open-front plugs are OK, provided you know how to put them on properly. It involves dressing the wire properly and after you've tightened the terminal screws, trimming the ends of the conductor, etc..

Otherwise, you're ending up with stray strands that can short out.

Too many people don't know what they're doing - I've seen them with excessively stripped conductors, wires wrapped the wrong way, loose terminal screws....the works. Plug one of those in and you get nice fireworks! [Linked Image]

Thank god for Dead-front caps! At least each terminal screw is enclosed by a little plastic barrier.

[This message has been edited by SvenNYC (edited 08-24-2006).]