About 12 years ago, when living in Elgin, IL, one of the main conductors in my home service broke, and I had to rewire the entire house, due to local code. You might be interested to know that Elgin reqires soldered connections in all junction boxes... Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Sean H. Breheny To: Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:04 PM Subject: Re: [OT] Muscle contraction. was: cats! -Reply > 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 >