1.

Rat-tail splice
- It is made by taking two or more bare wires of the same diameter and wrapping them
together symmetricallyaround each a common axis.
- A splice that is used in a junction box and for connecting

branch circuits
2. Pigtail Splice
- A connection of two electric conductors, made by placingthe ends of the conductors
side by side and twisting the ends about each other.
- A splice made by twisting together the bared ends of parallel conductors
3. Western Union
- made by twisting two ends of a wire together counterclockwise 3/4 of a turn each, finger
tight. Then, usingneedle-nose pliers, the ends are twisted at least five more turns, tightly.
The cut off ends are pushed close to the center wire.
Lineman splice - A method used to securely fasten two wires of the same size and type
together.

4. T splice
- a splice that is used for connecting the end of one wire to the middle of another wire,
thus forming the letter "T."
- A T-splice is an electrical connection where a branch wire is brought to the middle of a
main wire to connect it into the system.
5. Fixture splice
- used to connect a small-diameter wire, such as in a lighting

fixture, to a largerdiameter wire used in a branch circuit.

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An electrical connection formed by twisting twoconductors together and then folding

them over.

6. Staggered splice
- Staggering splicing is a method wherein one end of the smaller wire is twisted around another
end of the longer conductor in order to avoid the formation of bulky joints.

7. Knotted tap
- in contrast to the above-mentioned "butted joints" and is used when an end of a branch wire
is spliced to another running main wire, as in a tap splice, which is bound to undergo some
mechanical strain.