curtis73
Well-Known Member
Long story short, in my fireplace construction project, I will be hanging the TV over the mantel. I have run wires through the wall, and I'm making a fake stone out of a 1U keystone panel. In effect, I'll have a stone with speaker, LAN, and HDMI keystones in it. I'm also going to cut to mount a panel-mount 120v outlet in it for the TV. Like this:
How do I wire it correctly? I don't mean which wire goes where, I know that... I mean - what is the most kosher way to go from NM-B in a nearby box to stranded to accept crimps. As you can see, the outlet comes with stranded pigtails and crimp connectors. I have a box about 3' away from where my keystone-stone will be. So the way I see it, I have three options: 1) run NM-B from the box and do the non-kosher thing of putting crimp connectors on solid conductors, 2) run stranded wire from the box and do the non-kosher thing of tucking stranded wire behind a screw post on the duplex in the box, or 3) use a jumper of NMB in the box wire-nutted to stranded over to the keystone-stone.
A picture to demonstrate in case you're a visual person. I basically need to know the most kosher way to go from a rear-post, screw-terminal duplex and end up with a spade connector. I suppose I need to transition to stranded, but what is the best way to do that? wire nuts? straight off the post on the duplex?
How do I wire it correctly? I don't mean which wire goes where, I know that... I mean - what is the most kosher way to go from NM-B in a nearby box to stranded to accept crimps. As you can see, the outlet comes with stranded pigtails and crimp connectors. I have a box about 3' away from where my keystone-stone will be. So the way I see it, I have three options: 1) run NM-B from the box and do the non-kosher thing of putting crimp connectors on solid conductors, 2) run stranded wire from the box and do the non-kosher thing of tucking stranded wire behind a screw post on the duplex in the box, or 3) use a jumper of NMB in the box wire-nutted to stranded over to the keystone-stone.
A picture to demonstrate in case you're a visual person. I basically need to know the most kosher way to go from a rear-post, screw-terminal duplex and end up with a spade connector. I suppose I need to transition to stranded, but what is the best way to do that? wire nuts? straight off the post on the duplex?