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Posted by nhurst on July 5, 2006, 2:13 pm
RayV wrote:
> John wrote:
> > Many receptacles or switches have side screws that slightly protrude
> > outwards, especially after a wire has been screwed on. If you put two such
> > devices in a junction box, one device's hot could potentially touches the
> > adjacent one's neutral, touches a bare ground wire, or touches the metal
> > junction box.
> >
> > What is the proper way to prevent this from happening?
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
>
> Don't think it is proper but I have seen fixtures with electrical tape
> wrapped around them that would prevent a short. I agree with Tony the
> chance of a short is remote if everything is put together correctly.
The book I own and a few others who have done electrical work in the
past say that you should always wrap your recepticals and switches in
tape, just in case, especially in smaller boxes, because of all the
jimmying you need to do to get everything to fit.
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