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<blockquote data-quote="Geoff Doane" data-source="post: 74299" data-attributes="member: 1155">Re: Be afraid of what you plug into.Aren&#039;t the &quot;back stab&quot; outlets specifically prohibited from being used in 20A circuits?&nbsp; 15A only?This type of outlet got a really bad reputation back when aluminum wire was briefly popular in home construction (early &#039;70s, I think).&nbsp; Now you can&#039;t use them with aluminum wire, and aluminum requires special techniques with the devices it is approved for.&nbsp; I think the extra labour involved with terminating aluminum wire wipes out any saving over copper.I&#039;m (perhaps irrationally) suspicious of the &quot;back stab&quot; type outlets, so I&#039;ve always gone with the more conventional devices.&nbsp; My favourite would be the Hubbell back wired devices, like the 5362.&nbsp; When you don&#039;t have to bend a hook in the wire, they&#039;re almost as fast to wire as the &quot;back stabs&quot;.&nbsp; They also handle solid, stranded, and fine stranded (think SO cable) wire.&nbsp; When the job is price sensitive, the CR20s have always treated me well.GTD</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geoff Doane, post: 74299, member: 1155"] Re: Be afraid of what you plug into. Aren't the "back stab" outlets specifically prohibited from being used in 20A circuits? 15A only? This type of outlet got a really bad reputation back when aluminum wire was briefly popular in home construction (early '70s, I think). Now you can't use them with aluminum wire, and aluminum requires special techniques with the devices it is approved for. I think the extra labour involved with terminating aluminum wire wipes out any saving over copper. I'm (perhaps irrationally) suspicious of the "back stab" type outlets, so I've always gone with the more conventional devices. My favourite would be the Hubbell back wired devices, like the 5362. When you don't have to bend a hook in the wire, they're almost as fast to wire as the "back stabs". They also handle solid, stranded, and fine stranded (think SO cable) wire. When the job is price sensitive, the CR20s have always treated me well. GTD [/QUOTE]

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