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Hello folks! This is not a question but rather a helpful hint I thought I would pass along. How many of you have struggled to install Leviton replacement outlets where you can stip wire or use the screws on top. (These products by the way are excellent!) The top screws are really the best, but as you try to wrap the wire around the screw, gravity takes hold and the screw invariably falls back into its slot before you finish wrapping the wire. Now you either struggle, again and again, or work upside down. Great, if your from Australia (LOL!!) I found a simple way.(1) first obtain a plastic Tie-Tie. You know the plastic ties that hold your cables together. (2)Unscrew as much as possible and turn the side you wish to install on to the bottom. Let gravity work for you. This will cause the screw to hang down to its fullest extent. (3) Now take the pointed tip of the tietie and insert it into the strip hole,so that it is on top of the compression plate. This can be bent so that you can hold the outlet and keep the screw popped up. This will allow you to bend and screw on the wire. Then just remove the tie tie. Repeat for the other side. I know some will say a pair of needle nose is just as good but I found that trying to keep the needle nose in and holding the outlet while wrapping the wire cumberson. This I found to be a lot easier Like I said just a hint I thought that I would pass on. It has worked for me numerous times.

Hi all, I am installing new 14/2 wire in my basement. I have planned the circuits so that they do not have to utilize seperate junction boxes -- I want to finish my ceiling without having to leave an access panel(s). I have two new circuits; one has the outlet recepticles and one the contains the lights. I am concerned about one length of wire that runs on the lighting circuit. First I will describe this circuit: I have one 14/2 cable that runs 10 feet to a triple gainged lightswitch junction box. From this box I run a three-way switch for my stairs light, a dimmer switch for 3 pot lights, and a dimmer switch for two 60watt wall sconce lights. The wire length that runs from the lightswitch junction box to the first wall sconce is approximately 21 feet. Due to existing wiring and conduit I cannot run on a direct line, instead I have to run 4 feet down the truss and then on a diagonal to the wall sconce. My understanding is that I should not run longer that 12 foot segments and clearly 21 feet far exceeds this length. Can someone please comment on my situation and let me know if it sounds ok? Thanks Steve Browning