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Out here electrical tape around a wire nut on your motor leads is basically a requirement. I've never seen a single electrician not do it. A wrap of tape around a receptacle to cover the terminals is pretty common too.
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Electrical tape has no place being wrapped around a wiring device or wirenut...
Out here electrical tape around a wire nut on your motor leads is basically a requirement. I've never seen a single electrician not do it. A wrap of tape around a receptacle to cover the terminals is pretty common too.
Point taken, but the thread was about static wiring devices & not vibrating motors.
Taping wirenuts in a peckerhead, IMO, is to help prevent/ reduce the wirenut from loosening over time by forcing it to not spin free by tape friction against the wires. No other logical reason I can see. Also, there are moar better connection methods for motors depending on the motor such as male/female disconnects (stak-ons), ring terminals fastened together with machine screws/bolts n nuts then insulated with cambric/ rubber insulating/ 33 or 88 tapes, insulated lugs (Ilsco, NSI, etc...)...
...won't say that I haven't wirenutted/taped motor leads and also replaced them due to coming loose too