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The document describes 10 different types of joints or splices used in electrical wiring installations. These include the rat tail joint, Y-splice, knotted tap, plain tap joint, aerial tap, duplex cross joint, Western Union short-tie splice, Western Union long tie, cross joint, and wrapped tap or tee joint. Each type is suited for different applications depending on factors like the size and stress of the conductors being joined.

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Splices

The document describes 10 different types of joints or splices used in electrical wiring installations. These include the rat tail joint, Y-splice, knotted tap, plain tap joint, aerial tap, duplex cross joint, Western Union short-tie splice, Western Union long tie, cross joint, and wrapped tap or tee joint. Each type is suited for different applications depending on factors like the size and stress of the conductors being joined.

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1. Rat Tail or Pig Tail.

This kind of joint is


commonly used to join two or more
conductors inside the junction box.

2. Y-splice. This method of wrapping is
generally used on small cables because
the strands are flexible and all can be
wrapped in one operation

3. Knotted tap. This is used where the tap
wire is under heavy tensile stress.


4. Plain tap joint. This is used where the
tap wire is under considerable tensile
stress circuit.


5. Aerial tap. This is used as a temporary tap








6. Duplex cross joint. This is a two-tap wire turned simultaneously
and is used usually done in constructions sites.





7. 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.



8. Western Union Long Tie. This is used
extensively for outside wiring to extend
the length of wire from one end to
another.



9. Cross joint. The same application is done
as in plain tap and the only difference is
that this tap is a combination of two plain
taps place side by side with each other.

10. Wrapped Tap or Tee Joint. This is
used on large solid conductors where it
is difficult to wrap the heavy tap wire
around the main wire.

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