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    This document discusses common electrical wire splices and joints. It identifies different types of wires like stranded wire which contains twisted wires and solid wire which has a single conductor. It then describes several common wire splices and joints like the rat tail joint used inside junction boxes, the ordinary tap for circuits with tensile stress, the knotted tap for heavy tensile stress, and the duplex cross joint for two wires under stress. The Western Union short-tie and long-tie splices are also explained, with the short-tie widely used for interior wiring and the long-tie for extending outside wires.

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    This document discusses common electrical wire splices and joints. It identifies different types of wires like stranded wire which contains twisted wires and solid wire which has a single conductor. It then describes several common wire splices and joints like the rat tail joint used inside junction boxes, the ordinary tap for circuits with tensile stress, the knotted tap for heavy tensile stress, and the duplex cross joint for two wires under stress. The Western Union short-tie and long-tie splices are also explained, with the short-tie widely used for interior wiring and the long-tie for extending outside wires.

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    This document discusses common electrical wire splices and joints. It identifies different types of wires like stranded wire which contains twisted wires and solid wire which has a single conductor. It then describes several common wire splices and joints like the rat tail joint used inside junction boxes, the ordinary tap for circuits with tensile stress, the knotted tap for heavy tensile stress, and the duplex cross joint for two wires under stress. The Western Union short-tie and long-tie splices are also explained, with the short-tie widely used for interior wiring and the long-tie for extending outside wires.

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    This document discusses common electrical wire splices and joints. It identifies different types of wires like stranded wire which contains twisted wires and solid wire which has a single conductor. It then describes several common wire splices and joints like the rat tail joint used inside junction boxes, the ordinary tap for circuits with tensile stress, the knotted tap for heavy tensile stress, and the duplex cross joint for two wires under stress. The Western Union short-tie and long-tie splices are also explained, with the short-tie widely used for interior wiring and the long-tie for extending outside wires.

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    COMMON WIRE

    SPLICES AND
    JOINTS
    OBJECTIVES

    • Identify different types of electrical wires.


    • Identify common electrical wire and splices
    and its functions.
    • To make common electrical wire splices and
    joints
    Wire

    • A flexible metallic conductor, especially one made of


    copper, usually insulated and used to carry electric
    current in a circuit.
    • Wires are those conductors 3.26 mm or No. 8 AWG and
    smaller sizes
    • Either Stranded or Solid
    STRANDED
    WIRE
    Contains a group
    of wires twisted to
    form a metallic
    string
    This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
    SOLID WIRE
    Consists only
    of single
    conductor.
    RAT TAIL OR PIG
    TAIL

    This kind of joint is commonly used to


    join two or more conductors inside the
    junction box. It is suitable for service
    where there is no mechanical stress
    when wires are to be connected in an
    outlet box, switch or conduit fitting.
    ORDINARY TAP
    / PLAIN TAP
    This is used where
    the tap wire is under
    considerable tensile
    stress circuit.
    KNOTTED
    TAP
    This is used where
    the tap wire is
    under heavy
    tensile stress
    DUPLEX
    CROSS JOINT
    This is a two-tap wire
    turned simultaneously
    and is used where the
    two tap wire is under
    heavy tensile stress
    WESTERN UNION
    SHORT-TIE
    SPLICE

    This is the most widely


    used splice or joint in
    interior wiring installation
    to extend the length of wire
    from one point to another
    WESTERN UNION
    LONG-TIE

    This is used
    extensively for outside
    wiring to extend the
    length of wire from
    one end to another

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