Quick question about Cooper Decorator light switch

I'm replacing old toggles and receptacles from the mid 80s with Cooper Decorator receptacles and switches.

I was told by an old electrician that you shouldn't use the stab in wire connections and should wrap the wires around the terminal screws. So I have been following this idea as I swap out receptacles. Now on the Cooper switches, they have the stab in and the terminal screws have a back plate meant for wedging the bare wire under the plate using the pressure from the tightened screw.

So my question is......do I ignore the back plate and continue to wrap the terminal screw with the wire or should I be using the back plate which essentially looks similar to the stab in scenario?

Thanks!

 

You're fine - this is the good backwiring

 

I agree. There's a difference between "backstab" and "backwire". Stab is held by spring tension, back wire requires you to tighten the screw.

Backstab is bad...mmmkay? Backwire is good...mmmkay?

Sorry...SP episode on the tv.

 

Thanks guys! I guess I'll save the wire wrapping on any work dealing with the older switches and continue to use it on the receptacles.

 

Gunguy45.....yeah I kinda remember a similar line from tv or a movie with the person grunting while saying it.