wuench
Senior Member
Although I am sure there are some people that install HA lighting and forget about it (those lucky few ), it seems a lot of us have to replace switches many times for various reasons. The result, at least for me, is a lot of wear and tear on the wiring in my electrical boxes.
I am trying to come up with a scheme that would use terminals in my electrical boxes to cut down on the wear on the house wiring. It needs to meet code and be safe, but should allow for the easy replacement of switches. I searched on the web and apparently there are some patents out there, but I couldn't find any electrical boxes with terminals built in actually being manufactured. Electrical box replacement is not out of the question, if it is worth the work BTW.
One option I am considering is crimping bullet or spade connectors on pigtails. The pigtails would be wired in using wire nuts but should only need to be done once. Although adding pigtails may take up a lot of space, I might use stranded wire to make them more flexible.
So what are your ideas on this? Has anyone done something similar?
I am trying to come up with a scheme that would use terminals in my electrical boxes to cut down on the wear on the house wiring. It needs to meet code and be safe, but should allow for the easy replacement of switches. I searched on the web and apparently there are some patents out there, but I couldn't find any electrical boxes with terminals built in actually being manufactured. Electrical box replacement is not out of the question, if it is worth the work BTW.
One option I am considering is crimping bullet or spade connectors on pigtails. The pigtails would be wired in using wire nuts but should only need to be done once. Although adding pigtails may take up a lot of space, I might use stranded wire to make them more flexible.
So what are your ideas on this? Has anyone done something similar?