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7x Outdoor plugs all on one circuit, all back-stabbed. Pool pump plugged in on the last one in the circuit. (i.imgur.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not an electrician, but I always found the backstab a terrible idea, compared to the screw connectors..

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

On receptacles it generally is a bad idea. Things being plugged & unplugged all the time makes for little micro movements of the device that will wear at the thin connection and over time cause a problem. It’s not as big of a problem for switches, not as much movement and beating around

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