This New Receptacle Design will set a New Standard (Welcome to the Future) 

Hi Guys... Here's a new link that should accept your email address for a free sample. There was an issue with the link I provided but I believe Hubbell has it worked out now. So sorry for the confusion on this. www.hubbell.com/wiringdevice-kellems/en/edge-connect?HES-WDK_EdgeConnect-2024&.9&

I’ve never seen this channel. It’s great. No clowning around, no stupid music, just good information.

Hey John, fellow Air Force. I served 66-70 Jet engine repair, I like Your site, keep it up. Thank You!

Wago cage clamp technology. I`ve used it for years in industrial machine controls. Extremely reliable connections!

Haha, I’m surprised it took this long. This has been in the automation and controls field via terminal blocks for decades. Happy to see outlets are adopting it! I have had very few issues with the hundreds of thousands of wires I’ve installed in similar mechanisms.

I recently upgraded the top floor of my house with commercial grade side wire outlets, what a difference. I'll try one of these and see how they work. Love your USAF hat (1969-1973)

I have done major remodels on 2 house's and am working on a third. One of the first things I do is replace all the cheap "builder grade" outlets and switches with high quality commercial grade ones. Thanks for the video. Like your presentation style. Subscribed.

This is the first time I have seen one of your videos. How refreshing to see another professional electrician telling it like it is. Although I am now retired I spent 50+ years doing troubleshooting and repair as well as new installations. Most of my work in later years was commercial and industrial. I spent a number of years doing residential repair and remodel and always recommended to my customers that they would benefit from using commercial grade outlets and switches even if they did cost more. Thank You Again. P.S. I started out in Los Angeles City and County which always had stricter electrical codes than national, like outlet orientation.

Product demo videos from professionals are a guy's best friend. Thanks for this excellent review.

I'm an Electrical contractor, and the only connection I trust, are the screw connections on the sides of the device ✝️🇺🇸🙂

You should have done a comparison by attaching the 25 lb plate to a regular push connector for people less familiar with the devices.

Hubbel makes terrific connectors, etc. A quality company.

I still like the back wire under screw terminals on commercial grade receptacles the best. it is very secure and foolproof I see people mess up wire nuts and hooks around screws, but a strait wire under a screw clamp is hard to mess up.

I am a Building Official and do the inspections for our county. Your videos are great and we'll spoke. Good job!

There will never be anything better than torquing down a screw for me.

About time some of the electrical hardware made it into the present millennium.

Hey John, I just got this video in my feed, and it is the first time I have seen one of your videos. Very informative and I appreciate the the concise format. Too many 'tubers' seem to think entertainment is as important as the information. That's fine for a lot of stuff, but for DIY stuff, I prefer the format you use here. Thanks.

Great info. Was unaware of this new product. I NEVER use residential stuff. Thanks for the content.

These look like spring connections in terminal blocks. Nice to have a lever though instead of stabbing in a screwdriver or “designated tool per the manufacturer”.

I'm impressed.

This is a improvement over the residential outlet. I think that the contractor grade side wire is a better way to go. When you use the side wire or back stab the newer version the wire is held between 2 solid plates and contact is along the full length of the wire. just like side wire screw holds contact on Bothe sides all along the wire. spring loading gives up its hold when it gets hot.

THIS IS VERY EDUCATIONAL

Thank you for sharing. I am going to try one of the new receptacles.

Looks like a good advance from the traditional side terminals. When I started in the trade back in 1966 we were just seeing grounded receptacles. When plastic boxes came along in the late 60’s one of my trade school teachers said they were not good. I asked what was wrong with a device box that was non conductive? Crickets. 😮

I agree about residential grade outlets. I don't use them either. But you said the back stab are one time use. All the ones I've seen have a rectangular slot that you can put a small flat head screwdriver in and depress the tang to release the wire. The one you showed had that. 🤷

My favorite for the past 15 years or so have been Hubbell Snap connect. A little pricey due to the connectors but once installed, a breeze to replace.

I’ve been replacing all of the outlets and switches in a house my wife and I bought a few months ago. Almost all of the wiring was done with the quick connects, including daisy chaining to the next outlet. I did find some outlets that were using quick connects on 12 gauge wire! They were marked as being able to use either 14 or 12 in the quick connect. Some outlets had the quick connects so loose that the wires just fell out when I pulled the outlet out of the box.

Now questioning socket and switch replacements/upgrades I did many years ago in my home. I know I used backstabs in some instances, just can't remember where at this point. Thanks for the good information. Hubbell makes great stuff.

Thanks for the Hubbell link.

Thanks for a great presentation

I’ve been using the Leviton Edge product This ensures a color match for the Leviton wall plate as well

AMEN! Now we need to get standardized screws for everything. Cover plates, receptacles, switches etc.

Hello and thank you for sharing I really appreciate the video

John, thanks for the thorough review / endorsement of the HBL EdgeConnect product.

Interesting. The contact mechanism in these actually looks very similar to what's inside WAGO connectors (just a bit larger, presumably to accommodate larger wire, with a slightly different lever mechanism)...

These are slick

Very cool. I love all your content, John. I think I would have liked to have been an electrician. Maybe in my next life 🤣

My policy is always listen to the people that fix and work with the products everyday. Thank you for your very informative and straight forward approach to your videos. So many of the channels I follow seem to be posting videos just for the sake of getting something out there.

Sounds like a good option for homes built in the 80s with cooper clad aluminum wiring which I understand is a thicker gauge and brittle. Thanks for the tip!

I wish a company would come out with these for aluminum wiring.

John - just ran across your channel today and subscribed. Like other commenters have noted, I also like your straightforward presentation - great zoomed in shots on your B-roll as well. And as an electrical engineer in the commercial/industrial industry for decades like yourself, I find it refreshing to see that companies are still trying to improve upon products that have been around for a long time - even something as "simple" or "common" as a duplex receptacle. Cheers!

Power! ⚡️

Hi Guys.. Here's the link to get your free sample of the Hubbell Edge Connect. www.hubbell.com/wiringdevice-kellems/en/edge-connect?HES-WDK_EdgeConnect-2024&.3&

I like your video on these products. I’m retired from electronics and telecommunications( mainly RF) tech jobs most of my work career. I always think of a wire size in an AGC glass fuse when I look at a connection. The push in connections on the outlets and switches never passed the 15 amp + safety factor. I’m getting ready to buy a bunch of outlets and switches on a duplex I’m building and will check this new type out. We used a lot of big stranded wire where I worked. The last place was a gateway earth station and our DC load for 48v was 1400 amps. I did 15 years doing communications work on the Alaska pipeline before that. We did that with both fiber optic and mountain top microwave. I lived in Maine once.

I still think the J hook method is better due to the increased surface area of the connection. Can you spin the wire when connected to the Hubbell?

Neato! Along with Wago lever nuts, I can see huge improvements in safety and time savings.

Lever nuts are great! People don't realize that the lever just opens the spring, so the strength of the hold isn't based on the lever or your insertion force.

Haven’t tried the Hubbles, but have tried Leviton Edge wego style lever connections. From watching your video, I prefer the lever style. No tools needed for making or breaking the connections.

I'm more impressed with your tool bench. I gotta build one like that!

With all the smart switches and outlets out there now they need to overhaul standards and make switch "modules" with a recessed box that you wire into the gang box once. The switch module would click into the box and make electrical contact. That way to "upgrade" a switch you just pull the old module out and pop a new one in. Quick and easy without messing around with any wiring at all! Probably just a pipe dream though since that would require a lot of changes to manufacturing standards and electrical codes.

An integrated wago. Neat!

I live in France and recently connected a large electric stove using 10mm2 (I don't know what that is in AWG) cable using heavy duty 'Wago' terminals. They looked very similar in operation to those Hubbell ones. Cheers!

Great video can wait till available. I too use commercial grade when I can. Keep up great videos

I know you’re plugging the Hubbell with this video, but you could have mentioned your previous Leviton video. I’ve used the Leviton and so far I’m very happy with them.i did just fill out the Hubbell sample form. Thanks for your videos.

Just received my free sample, thanks, I think I will be replacing my 12 year old house receptacles with this Hubble Edge Connect.

As I do upgrades I’ll go with the industrial connector

Seems like they're worth a good look.

The stab devices are trouble as are the indivisual connectors made similar for wires. Manufacturers have torqe specs, how do you achieve a good safe connection with them? You can spin the wire once inserted. How is that a connection and what's the torque? This new device connection looks good. Thanks for the update!

I've installed one Leviton Decora Edge receptacle at home and it works even more easily than the Hubbell Edge Connect in that it is completely tool-less for both insertion and removal of the wire. As a counterpoint, I have some experience wiring outlets in the Philippines, and they use screw-clamp terminals there which work very well.

My wife and I lived in a mobile home when we were first married. It was a very nice little house, the previous owner had even installed a pitched roof and insulated it. The one thing they didn't do, however, was update the wiring. I had a receptacle catch fire one night. I was lucky as i witnessed it happen and took care of it quickly. The trailer was wired with aluminum wire and used the back stabs on the receptacles. That is a bad combination! I love the look of these new receptacles. I will be giving them a try!

John (or is it Jon?) I love your channel brother. Retired GC/Homebuilder here and I've wired hundreds of homes over the years. EdgeConnect is a great step forward- no doubt. And I'm not going to dispute that using the screw terminals is potentially a better connection than back-stabs. That's common sense. But did you realize that at least a big chunk (the Northeast at least) of the modular home industry (and I'm talking framed modulars.. not mobile homes - but those too ) use ONLY back-stabs? And in any plants I've toured (which are many throughout PA, NY, and on up into NE over the years) nobody was pig-tailing anything either. This has been a few years but the devices they were purchasing in bulk didn't even have screw terminal - only backstabs. Why? According to every plant manager I've talked to - Consistency and reliability. They're more monkey-proof (as long as the conductor is not nicked). Screw terminals are ALSO prone to problems, how many journeymen have you seen actually torquing those connections to spec? Almost nobody does. If you over-tighten the screw terminal (as many journeymen do), especially on 14ga wire, it will crush and fail at the screw. If you under-tighten the screw terminal, it can become intermittent and also fail. I'm not saying the back-stabs are perfect- far from it , but they are kind of idiot-proof. I typically never use them either - but the electrician I worked for on and off for 20 years DID, all the time. He was a really smart, careful guy and would not have done anything that caused him grief. He passed away a few years ago but his work ethic and standards has stuck with me throughout my own career. The only failures I've seen with back-stabs were caused by either a wire nicked when it was stripped (breaks off right at the surface of the device) OR they're being fed-through and consistently running that circuit at close to the tripping point weakens the device. This was particularly true 30 yrs ago with tons of incandescent recessed cans hauling on a $.39 light switch. Or a countertop circuit with a couple of coffeemakers on full-time would eventually fry a cheap duplex device. There's a case that should always be pig-tailed IMO.

How does that hold up compared to the Leviton Edge series devices that use a lever action to secure the wire? Similar to Wago connections, but built into the device.

Great channel. Subscribed!

Gotta check out the new snap lock backs decora.

I've never used the stab back or whatever its called. I had a friend of mine call me because some of the plugs in her trailer were not working. Most of the problem was failure due to the push in connections. Granted the trailer was probably from 1965, and to be honest the main reason the push in method fails is simply using heating appliances in those receptacles. All of her plugs were burnt. I took a few apart and could not believe her trailer didn't burn down. I told her that the whole place needed rewired, I simply didn't have time to do this, as I worked full time. Fast forward to a few years later, and her trailer did burn down. She got out in time, but I'm glad I didn't get involved in trying to help her, I didn't want that liability. I never heard what caused the fire, but it was either the receptacles or the fact that she used her oven with the door open to heat the place. She did this because none of the plugs were working properly. The difference between wrapping a conductor around a screw and getting a tight connection versus the small metal spring loaded tabs in the back, and I'm totally just guessing here, but I would bet that you lose at least 50% conductor connectivity. In my 45 years wiring, I could not believe that the holes in the back of receptacles were not phased out just for safety reasons alone. Also, I thought the stab receptacles could only accept 14 gauge wire, am I wrong?

WAY better!👍👍👍

Thank you for this video! I can confirm very bad experiences with "quick connect / backstab" connections. Often they fail over time. This new receptacle looks really well designed. However, if they are overly costly, electricians won't buy them. So, I hope they are priced to buy!

This is a good step forward. Now if they had only made the connections angled up and down to facilitate bending the wires to stuff them into the box.

Looks neat. What I say about standard backstab/quickwire connections: They allow people who don't know what they are doing to make poor connections... I am surprised they are still allowed after all these years...?

This receptacle is a revolution like the A Model was to the T model.

John, try this with your alpha / numeric pad.AMP A10 1DTP. Jerry

I tried the Leviton edge, and they were okay, except the drywall ear system was designed for oversized plates.

Backstab proved to be bad in a renovation of my mothers house, not immediately of course. Years later we plug in vacuum cleaner and arcing starts or worse. Of course this was years after the contractor did the work. Now we have to inspect every outlet in the entire house as no one knows which outlets are backstabbed either by the contractor during the renovation or when the same contractor originally worked on the house.

in-wall wiring really needs a standardized crimped and keyed connector holding all the wire connections together that let's outlets and switches just plug and play without needing any tools.

I feel like the time spent screwing wires into outlets constitutes a vanishingly small part of an electrician's daily routine. It might even be a great job for an apprentice or helper.

Very cool, this is a great channel by the way, so basically a WAGO connector built into the device which is awesome

These outlets you show and absolutely better than a backstab, no argument there. They solve many of the problems with backstabs. They don't quite provide the same reliability as a metal on metal clamping force. I won't use those. When the plastic gets old, brittle, and eventually fails to hold the force of the wire, the connection becomes loose, heats up, and the wire shoots out the back just like a backstab. They solved many of the issues, but if that spring isn't pulling against the wire in contraction, but it's instead pressing against the wire and a plastic body in expansion, then I see bad things happening in the future. A screw terminal converts torque to clamping force using a metal screw, nut, and metal plate to clamp that wire down. There is no stress being held by the plastic after the screwing action is completed.

I don’t know about these i got my free sample and I didn’t have to use too much force to pull the wire out after clamping it down thank you for your video but i think im just gonna stick to J hooks

ive had hubble outlets break in half with little use. i wont use them no more. im replacing everything with leviton commercial

Looking for the gfci, as my older home has many outlets with no ground connect, even though the plugs are three-prong. Went to get a couple, but I don't trust electrical devices made 'overseas' if you know what I mean...

I really like the promised range of their products (I.e., 20 amp, GFCI, etc), but I think I prefer the clamping design of the Leviton Edge.

Looks like Hubbell has taken a clue from the controls systems arena. Most all ITS systems demand spring type terminals because of vibration (Wago, Allen-Bradley, Phoenix Contact etc.). Glad to see industrial solutions are catching up to the residential market.

Have you compared with the Decora Edge from Leviton?

Those look decent. I hate those regular stab connectors. They fail all of the time. Like you, I always use the commercial grade even though I'm DIY. The small extra cost is worth the dramatically higher quality.

Would have been nice if I could have gotten a sample. I would love to try one of these in my home but it won't let me because it says on the form that it won't accept a gmail address and I don't have a business name. I will be replacing all the outlets in my home this spring, so I am looking at my options. Currently researching Leviton Edge. So looks like this is for the pros only. Interesting looking product though.

I was born in Bangor and raised in Hampden

The connection seems to be good, but if you have a receptacle where you have 1/going to a switch for a lamp and the other 1/2 as a receptacle from a nother circuit, what do you do for that ? You may have talked about it in this video, but I couldn't see where you put the 2nd wire(s). It would be great if you made a video on the subject.

Any idea how much these cost? I'm in the planning stages of building a house, I'd like to be able to discuss them with my builder, but I'd like to know the rough cost estimate to avoid getting overcharged (if I decide to go with them). I suspect, given how new they are, there will be a lot of pushback.

I'm more than happy for things to move forward and easy install; but just a little nitpick. both current stab connect and the new Edge Connect are working off of "spring tension". Mind you, the stab is a pretty awful spring, but it's there.

Love this idea it’s going to make things easier

What is the temperature rise when operating at max load?

I feel like I saw a backstab connector that had the side screw go all the way through and force a plate hold the wire in place at one point. Maybe on a GFCI receptacle, actually. Unrelated, Dad always taught me to wrap the receptacle with electrical tape once when done to keep the screws from contacting an outlet box, but I've never seen anyone else do this. Then again, Dad's generation was known for working on hot outlets. I feel like the weight test was worthless without showing the old backstabs with the same test.

That hubbell site seems to have a layout issue.. But yeah, screw terminals can be a pain.. Doesnt look too bad

These stab in back Receptacle Design has been out for 20 + years. My house was built in 1997 had has them.

The "back stab" connectors are definitely junk, and I have a story to illustrate. Many years ago I bought a refurbished Maytag washer from a Maytag dealet. You would expect to plug it in and have it work, right? I plugged it in, in a house that was new to me, and it didn't run. I called the dealer, who sent a technician over. He checked the voltages everywhere and everything was normal, but the motor wouldn't start. He went away puzzled. I thought about it and decided to check the power receptacle. It had been wired with the push-in connectors. I moved the wires to the screws to make a proper connection, and it fixed the problem. The push-in connections have higher resustance and won't support the starting vurrent of a motor.

How do they compare to back wire? Does the wire twist after connected like stab connections? Price compared to back wire?

Commercial grade devices can be used in residential,but in my view and experience,they were designed for termination of the stranded conductors specified for commercial installations.Unless a device has a screw pressure binding force,I will not use it in my home.Also I consider the use of solid conductors for potentials over 240v to be dangerous,as these voltages require the most insulation integrity for safety.

Kind of a wago lever nut built into the device.

I much prefer the Leviton Edge series. The Leviton Edge are sleeker and better designed by having the levers on the side instead of adding more bulk to the back.

just saw a new outlet type in a hospital build. U connect a prewired plug in the j box then plug that into the outlet. Couldn't get much info on it as it was the first time the sparky had seen it as well.