Eaton 15A 125V duplex receptacle w/ USB type A & C ports on sale at Lowes
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Eaton 3.6A USB Type A Charger with TR Duplex Receptacle 15A/125V https://a.co/d/47Si3hs
Ah, I didn't notice the difference.
As a electrician I have no desire to buy anything made of cheap materials for Lowe’s to get price decreases. Especially light switches and light fixtures. When you pressure companies to lower their price, they cheat the quality to get the price down.
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What brand should we be getting?
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Have always used P&S, Hubbell, some Bryant.
When doing electrical with my father was P&S long ago.
Have some expensive extension cords Vu-tron, Woodhead. Found 250' spool of Vu-tron.
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Pay a little more and get the commercial grade stuff instead of the residential grade.
I worked for P&S for almost 20 years and their stuff went to crap when they moved most things to China, some went to Mexico. Pretty sure they are going by LeGrand now, the French parent company.
If you are replacing a standard receptacle with a standard "8" style opening, don't forget to get a new "26" style wall plate, same style for the GFCI's. P&S also has the "nearly unbreakable" nylon wall plates, which was my big project 25 years ago. The old urea plates will crack and break if you tighten them too much.
I worked for P&S for almost 20 years and their stuff went to crap when they moved most things to China, some went to Mexico. Pretty sure they are going by LeGrand now, the French parent company.
If you are replacing a standard receptacle with a standard "8" style opening, don't forget to get a new "26" style wall plate, same style for the GFCI's. P&S also has the "nearly unbreakable" nylon wall plates, which was my big project 25 years ago. The old urea plates will crack and break if you tighten them too much.
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This...save some headaches down the road
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And don't buy the ones with the push in locks for the wires on the back. The springs degrade over time causing a loose connection which can lead to fires.
Leviton came out with screwless devices, lever snaps down to secure the wire they call them SMART. CHICOM no thanks.
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My point is not about brand of devices. It’s about how manufacturers allow the China man to make inferior products with well known American names for big blue. Go buy devices at an electrical supplier. A electrician wired my daughters whole house with inferior Lowe’s devices because he had no more credit at supply stores. I had to change more than a dozen switches and receptacles within 5 years.
A Honeywell thermostat at big blue is el cheapo in comparison to a supply store tstat. Door locks, handles, carpet underlay, wood, never again unless desperate. Look what happened to the Remington rifles when aligned with Walmart for example. When you pressure brands continuously on price something has to give.
A Honeywell thermostat at big blue is el cheapo in comparison to a supply store tstat. Door locks, handles, carpet underlay, wood, never again unless desperate. Look what happened to the Remington rifles when aligned with Walmart for example. When you pressure brands continuously on price something has to give.
@BlackGun - I don't think this is one of those items that Eaton has cut corners on in order to make a sale to Lowes, it's one of their standard catalog devices as far as I can tell anyway.
It is a back wired rec with clamps not a stab connection, the only way to move up into a more robust device is to omit the USB charging ports and buy commercial grade stuff but thats not what I'm after here.
I called my elec dist for a price when I first started installing these and he couldn't touch the price so here we are. I like commercial devices but a 277V rated switch looks kinda odd without a dust shield when almost every other switch in the house has them.
It is a back wired rec with clamps not a stab connection, the only way to move up into a more robust device is to omit the USB charging ports and buy commercial grade stuff but thats not what I'm after here.
I called my elec dist for a price when I first started installing these and he couldn't touch the price so here we are. I like commercial devices but a 277V rated switch looks kinda odd without a dust shield when almost every other switch in the house has them.
Totally agree. I am no scientist but one thing I am sure of. There’s no way in hell a pushin clamp or toggle clamp is going to have the same surface contact as a screw and torque like a knuckle draggin’ electromotision.