COMMON WIRE

SPLICES AND JOINTS

 WHAT ARE SPLICES/ JOINTS?
 SPLICES/ JOINTS ARE THE JOINING OF
TWO OR MORE WIRES BY TWISTING
THEM TOGETHER.
 WIRE SPLICE CONNECTIONS MUST BE
HOUSED INSIDE A COVERED ELECTRICAL
BOX.
 SPLICE JOINT IS USED WHEN THE MATERIAL
BEING JOINED IS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE LENGTH
REQUIRED.
 IT IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO OTHER JOINTS SUCH
AS THE BUTT JOINT AND THE SCARF JOINT.
 SPLICE JOINTS ARE STRONGER THAN
UNENFORCED BUTT JOINTS AND HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO BE STRONGER THAN A SCARF
JOINT.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF
WIRE SPLICES AND
JOINTS
RAT TAIL/ PIG TAIL SPLICE
 ALSO KNOWN AS A TWIST SPLICE OR A
PIG-TAIL SPLICE.
 IS A VERY BASIC ELECTRICAL SPLICE
THAT CAN BE DONE WITH BOTH SOLID
AND STRANDED WIRE.
 IT IS MADE BY TAKING TWO OR MORE
BARE WIRES AND WRAPPING THEM
TOGETHER.
 Y- SPLICE
THIS METHOD OF WRAPPING IS
GENERALLY USED IN SMALL
CABLES BECAUSE THE STRANDS
ARE FLEXIBLE AND ALL CAN BE
WRAPPED IN ONE OPERATION.
KNOTTED TAP SPLICE
THIS IS USED WHERE THE TAP
WIRE IS UNDER HEAVY TENSILE
STRESS.
 PLAIN TAP JOINT
THIS IS USED WHERE THE TAP
WIRE IS UNDER CONSIDERABLE
STRESS CIRCUIT.
 AERIAL TAP JOINT
THIS IS USED AS A TEMPORARY
TAP USUALLY DONE IN
CONSTRUCTION SITE.
DUPLEX CROSS JOINT
THIS IS A TWO-TAP WIRE TURNED
SIMULTANEOUSLY AND IS USED
WHERE THE TWO TAP WIRE IS
UNDER HEAVY TENSILE STRESS.
 CROSS JOINT
THIS TAP IS A COMBINATION OF
TWO PLAIN TAPS PLACE SIDE BY
SIDE WITH EACH OTHER.
 WESTERN UNION
(SHORT-TIE)
THIS IS THE MOST WIDELY USED
SPLICE OR JOINT IN INTERIOR
WIRING INSTALLATION TO
EXTEND THE LENGTH OF WIRE.
 WESTERN UNION
(LONG-TIE)
THIS IS USED EXTENSIVELY FOR
OUTSIDE WIRING TO EXTEND THE
LENGTH OF WIRE FROM ONE
END TO ANOTHER.
WRAPPED TAP/ TEE
JOINT
THIS IS USED ON LARGE SOLID
CONDUCTORS WHERE IT IS
DIFFICULT TO WRAP THE HEAVY
TAP WIRE AROUND THE MAIN
WIRE.
STEPS IN MAKING WIRE
SPLICES AND JOINTS
 ACTIVITY:
½ CROSSWISE
A. DIRECTION: CHOOSE THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER. (5 PTS.)
A. WESTERN UNION LONG TIE
B. WRAPPED TAP
C. WESTERN UNION SHORT TIE SPLICE
D. KNOTTED TAP
E. PLAIN TAP JOINT
F. Y- SPLICE
_____ 1. THE MOST WIDELY USED SPLICE OR JOINT IN INTERIOR WIRING
INSTALLATION.
_____ 2. THIS IS USED ON LARGE SOLID CONDUCTORS.
_____ 3. THIS IS USED EXTENSIVELY FOR OUTSIDE WIRING TO EXTEND THE
LENGTH OF WIRE.
_____ 4. THIS IS USED WHERE THE TAP WIRE IS UNDER HEAVY TENSILE
STRESS.
_____ 5. THIS METHOD OF WRAPPING IS GENERALLY USED ON SMALL
CABLES
 B. DIRECTION: WRITE THE
NAME OF THE FOLLOWING
PICTURES.(10 PTS.)
ASSIGNMENT:
BRING THE FOLLOWING:

-WIRE (STRANDED/SOLID)
-COMBINATION PLIERS
-ELECTRICIAN’S KNIFE
-SIDE CUTTING PLIERS