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Worksheets2ND SUMMATIVE 3RD GRADING SPLICES AND JOINT
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
This kind of joint is commonly used to join two or more conductors inside the junction box. (a)
Is generally used on small cables because the strands are flexible and can all be wrapped in one operation
Rat tail
Y-splice
Knotted tap
PLAIN TAP JOINT
This is where the tap wire is under heavy tensile stress. (a)
This is used where the tap wire is under considerable tensile stress
Rat tail
Y-splice
Knotted tap
PLAIN TAP JOINT
This is used as temporary tap usually done in construction sites (a)
Same application is done as in plain tap but the only difference is that the tap is a combination of two plain taps placed side by side with each other
AERIAL TAP
Y-splice
Knotted tap
CROSS JOINT
This is a two-tap wire turned simultaneously and is used usually where the tap wire is under heavy tensile stress
AERIAL TAP
DUPLEX CROSS JOINT
CROSS JOINT
WESTERN UNION SHORT TIE
This is the most widely used splice or joint in interior wiring installation to extend the length of wire from one point to another (a)
This is used extensively for outside wiring to extend the length of wire from one end to another. (a)
This is used on large solid conductors where it is difficult to wrap the heavy tap wire around the main wire
WESTERN UNION LONG TIE
DUPLEX CROSS JOINT
WRAPPED TAP/ TEE JOINT
WESTERN UNION SHORT TIE
Aerial Tap
Cross Tap
Knotted Tap
Wrapped Tap
AERIAL TAP
PLAIN TAP JOINT
DUPLEX CROSS JOINT
CROSS JOINT
DUPLEX CROSS JOINT
AERIAL TAP
CROSS JOINT
WESTERN UNION SHORT TIE
WESTERN UNION LONG TIE
PIGTAIL
CROSS JOINT
WESTERN UNION LONG TIE
DUPLEX CROSS JOINT
WRAPPED TAP
PLAIN TAP JOINT
AERIAL TAP JOINT
DUPLEX CROSS JOINT
CROSS JOINT
WESTERN UNION SHORT TIE
y splice
cross tap
knotted tap
plain tap joint
rat tail
pig tail
cross tap
aerial tap
duplex cross joint
Wrapped tap tee Joint
rat tail
Y joint
Cross joint
western union short tie
western union Long tie
Rat tail
knotted tap
western union short tie
western union Long tie
Rat tail
knotted tap
