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Originally Posted by richard2717

Pushing the wires into the back of the device instead of wrapping the wire around the screws on the side is called backstabbing around here. Was supposed to speed things up and the only thing I have ever seen it speed up is fire. I had to redo all of my parents devices as well after 2 small fires. Luckily no real damage happened in either instance. Backstabbing should have been outlawed a long time ago but they still make the devices with them.

Thanks for the explanation. I've always used the screws to attach wires to outlets and light switches. Just looking at those type of outlets, I dindn't like the looks of the spring connectors. Our current house was built with aluminum wiring, btu we had the pigtails retrofitted. I'll have to check the breaker panel when I get back home.