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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Paul3 Even these Posi-taps I have questions about. For example, do you have to strip the tapped wire, or does it pierce the insulation? Secondly, I have to question their advertising when they state in their ad (posted above) that "no tools (are) needed"...and yet step #3 tells you to strip the tap wire. Huh? I don't know about you, but I find that I need some kind of wire stripper to strip wire (IOW, a "tool"). What do they want us to use? Our teeth? Paul A. Cutler III ***************** Weather Or No Go New Haven ***************** [/quote] Paul, the wire that you tap into, i.e. a 12 gauge bus does not get stripped, you are correct, it is pierced when the bottom two pieces of the Posi-Tap are screwed together. The smaller gauge wire, i.e. a 20 gauge feeder, does require stripping. You are also correct that a wire stripper tool is needed, but for the feeders only. I think it is a reasonable expectation that a wire stripper is implicit in any wiring type activity. I think Posi-Tap was looking more at not requiring soldering tools, clamps, etc.[;)]
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