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Thanks! "Licensed electrical contractor" caught my eye. Thanks for your input; it means a lot coming from a professional. It's a miracle I passed my rough-electrical inspection, and will be another if I pass the final! Haha. I just keep on keepin' on. Thanks again, Dorothy...

Makes sense. It does sound like simplicity wins again. Space IS a problem in standard sized boxes. I used some deep boxes and some double boxes with single faceplate to accommodate more wires. I may use crimps in some and caps on others, depending on space. Thanks for your answer! Dorothy

Help! Help! Just kidding. Thanks for your answer though. I bought some caps and will give that a try. It sounds better than twisting and crimping and cutting--something I can't UN-do if it's off a little. If you wanna see why I said HELP in jest, but it WOULD be nice to have some help...

A merit? Pls. forgive my ignorance, but what's a merit? (The plot thickens. )I DO appreciate your detailed answer to my previous question. Thanks, Dorothy

I just passed my rough-electrical inspection on the house I'm building but the inspector made me promise to crimp together the ground wires in each electrical outlet box (where there are 2 or more ground wires). It was the only thing I didn't know I was supposed to do before he came out. I...

I have a new-looking 90-gallon captive air tank that I used for only a month way back in 1982. It has been stored since then (filled with water) , but now I'd like to put it back into service. New ones are EXPENSIVE! Any chance it's still good? How would I test it before hooking it up to my new...