Warning: I was stripping wire wrong for years until a foreman pointed it out

Logan Singh · 2026-03-27T15:10:10.534551+00:00

I was always scoring the insulation too deep on 12/2 Romex and nicking the copper. He saw me do it on a Reno job last month and asked why I was trying to make my own weak point. How many other little habits are we all doing that are just making more work down the line?

ninam867mo ago

Maybe that nick creates a better bond for the wire nut.

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the_brooke7mo ago

A nick in the wire is a hot spot waiting to happen, not a better connection. That foreman saved you from a future call back. What did he show you to do instead?

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simonreed5mo ago

Learned that lesson the hard way too, turns out I was basically pre-snapping all my wires.

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