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Poor Ryan, got his hands dirty. That was pretty good Earl
Ryan Jackson, Salt Lake City
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No tape except on sta-kon joints which I use quite often. Take up less space than wire nuts and more secure IMO.
John
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would you guys tape wirenuts in a motor pighead?
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I never have and I have had no problems.
I crank them on hard with my pliers they will not fall off.
Bob Badger Construction & Maintenance Electrician Massachusetts
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I generally tape wire nuts that are used on power connections if motors are in the cabinet. Why vibration, plus on a gas pump there are at times way more splices than the junction box can easily contain(don't blame me I don't size the equipment supplied by a manufacturer) so they get jammed in there. When you come back to troubleshoot its helpful if stuff doesn't fall apart when pulling it back out.
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I use tape only when making 600V connections. I agree, it's not entirely necessary, but, I feel its good practice anyway.
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I thought you only needed to tape wire nuts when you bury the box J/K ...I know.
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The tape keeps the electricity from leaking out.
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..We use the Ideal,.."Tan" nutz, and although we DO pretwist,we don't tape..The only thing I want taped is the device, if it's in a metal box,..otherwise, my wire nutz are "tapeless'... AR
.."if it ain't fixed,don't break it...call a Licensed Electrician"
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