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Splice

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  1. Rewiring a Lamp

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    … good idea to replace only part of a cord: The splice is unsightly, and the cord could be damaged elsewhere ..... cord wires. Form hooks on all four wire ends and splice the old to the new in a splice that is thin enough to slide through the lamp …

  2. Working with Electrical Cord

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    … cord to split it. Strip the wire ends. With your fingers twist the exposed strands clockwise until tight. Do not attempt to splice cord wire using lineman's pliers; it's too easy to break the strands. Instead twist the wires together clockwise by hand …

  3. Installing a Three-way Switch

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    … black power wire to the common terminal, splice the white wires, and connect red and black ..... the common terminal. At the fixture box, splice the white fixture lead with the white wire and splice the black fixture lead with the black wire …

  4. Basic Guide to Working with Molding

    Stories

    … cut both pieces at slightly more than 45 degrees. Scarf Joint For long wall sections that require multiple lengths of stock, splice the molding using a scarf joint, a simple overlapping of 45-degree bevel ends, positioned at a stud. Here, the left side …

  5. How to Transform a Room with Crown Molding

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    … you're using a large crown molding, install a hidden nailer strip behind it to provide more surface area to nail into. 7. Splice long runs. When a long wall forces you to create a joint between two pieces of molding, cut a scarf joint (overlapping 45 …

  6. Learn to Graft Your Favorite Plants

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    … Here's how to do it. Grafting is the mad-scientist way of propagating your plants. Slice a piece from one plant and splice it onto another. Cool! Let's see how. Many of the plants at your local garden center may be grafted. For example, many …

  7. Installing a Whole-house Ventilating Fan

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    … the junction box, connect the grounds and splice all white wires in the box, except the one ..... to the switch. Mark it with black tape and splice it to the black wire running to the fan. Splice together the other black wires and splice …

  8. Attaching a Ceiling Fan

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    … controls the light. If you have two-wire cable, splice both to the black house wire. Splice the white lead to white wire and connect the grounds ..... cable runs from the switch to the fixture box. Splice the black lead on the switch to the black incoming …

  9. Combination Switches: Double, Unswitched, Toggle, Remote, Fan, GFCI, More

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    … separate fixtures. Connect the grounds and splice all the neutral (white) wires together ..... the switch) on a switch/receptacle, splice a pigtail to all the neutral (white ..... brass terminal with the connecting tab. Splice the grounds. Attach the black wire from …

  10. Electrical Wire Nuts for Splicing and Grounding Wires

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    … tape. That is not only a slow way to cover a splice but also a code violation. Cover every splice with an approved wire nut. Assemble a collection ..... various-size nuts so you are ready for any splice . Wire nuts are color-coded according to …

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