Why DON'T they solder household connections? Is it because they would not be as easily disconnected and reconnected? It seems to me that things would be safer,more reliable, and there would be less voltage drop. Sean At 12:46 PM 9/16/99 -0700, you wrote: >Of course, I prefer ring terminals crimped & soldered to screw >terminals, but, that's probably against code if used for 117VAC or >220VAC wiring. > > Mark > | | Sean Breheny | Amateur Radio Callsign: KA3YXM | Electrical Engineering Student \--------------=---------------- Save lives, please look at http://www.all.org Personal page: http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/shb7 mailto:shb7@cornell.edu ICQ #: 3329174