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Common Wire Splices and Joints

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

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
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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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