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Common Electrical Wire Splices and

This document discusses common types of electrical wire splices and joints. It describes several splice types including rat tail splices, Y-splices, knotted taps, plain taps, aerial taps, duplex cross joints, Western Union short and long tie splices, cross joints, and wrapped taps. Each splice type is suited for different applications depending on factors like mechanical stress, tensile strength needs, or wire size. Understanding various splice types is important for electrical installation and maintenance work.

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Common Electrical Wire Splices and

This document discusses common types of electrical wire splices and joints. It describes several splice types including rat tail splices, Y-splices, knotted taps, plain taps, aerial taps, duplex cross joints, Western Union short and long tie splices, cross joints, and wrapped taps. Each splice type is suited for different applications depending on factors like mechanical stress, tensile strength needs, or wire size. Understanding various splice types is important for electrical installation and maintenance work.

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Common Electrical Wire splices

and Joints
As a student in Electrical Installation and Maintenance you should acquire the important
knowledge and skills in wire splices and joints and should be familiar with the actual
application of every splice and joint. This will serve as your tool in performing actual
wiring installation. Of course, another factor is the knowledge in interpreting and
analyzing the wiring diagram especially if the circuit is complicated.

The following are the Common Electrical Wire Splices and Joints

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

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.
Knotted tap

Joint all the splices discussed up to this point are known as butted splices. Each was
made by joining the free ends of the conductors together. Sometimes, however, it is
necessary to join a branch conductor to a continuous wire called the main wire. Such a
junction is called a tap joint.

Plain tap joint


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

 Aerial Tap
This is used as a temporary tap usually done in constructions sites. The easy twist will
facilitate tap wire movement.

  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 Splice
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This is used extensively for outside wiring to extend the length of wire from one end to
another.

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.

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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