Ever been to a magic show? I suppose you believe everything you saw, I know that some do. Poor folks will believe about anything they see and all they are told.
So this proves what? Does being able to see something somehow make it better or is it something personal.
Are you blind or something? Are you working in the dark? How are you seeing the “side wired†but not able to see the back wired?
Stop drinking the kool-aid.
I already did way back years ago. I drink no less than 64 ounces of water a day now. It is better for you. Try it and see if things aren’t better.
Side wired is more secure.
And this means what? Ever see an earthquake? Sometimes being more secure means more damage. As a child I liked being close to mommy as this made me feel more secure.
This is my point only. Side wired is more secured. I can deviate back-wired connection with about 45 lbs of force. With the same forc the side wired connection is unscathed.
Just how much force do you think it takes for current to flow. Ever hear of the UL White Book? Why do you think it needs 45 foot pounds of torque to hold the conductor?
As to deviating, I suppose that anyone could deviate from anything if they try hard enough. For the wire binding screw of a device one could deviate in many different ways such as but not limited to turning the conductor counter clock wise around the screw, stripping to much conductor, stripping not enough conductor, damaging the conductor during the stripping process, not tightening the screw enough, or even trying to secure the conductor to the screw by exerting 45 pounds of torque and stripping the threads of the screw.
So just what is you point again?
What test? All I have seen here is opinion that if you can see it then it must be better. This is not a test. A test is where you load the connection to the maximum amount of current for a predetermined amount to time not standing back looking at what you have done with no current.
Not wanting to be rude but the only proof positive I can find in this post is that you are very unsure of your comments and know little about the amperage rating of the device you are installing. You seem to be saying that by using the wire binding screw somehow makes the device rated for more current or that the securing of the conductor by the screw where it takes 45 or more pounds to remove the conductor that somehow this makes the device better.
Get a spec sheet form Leviton and you will see that the required torque for tightening of the screws is 14 ft. lbs. and would you like to guess what the foot pounds of the stab-loc of the same Leviton receptacle is?
Seeing is not always believing. I can make a quarter disappear right before your eyes but it did not disappear it was sly of hand and you believe you saw the quarter disappear. Education is where believing comes from. Seeing all the complied data from the testing labs is where seeing is believing comes from not from looking at something.
A very simple question we can ask ourselves to ascertain the information concerning this topic is, if it were no good then why do they continue to manufacture the devices with stab-loc. The simple fact that the devices are continually being manufactured with stab-loc says something to those willing to learn.
But if your mentality is, I know more than those who design and test these devices then there will be no future education as you already believe you are smarter than those who made the device you are installing.
The device in question is rated for 12 amps. Using the wire binding screw and tightening the screw to just before stripping the threads and the device is still rated for 12 amps. Failure of the device starts anywhere above 12 amps no matter the method used to terminate the conductor.
We can install #12 cable and terminate using the screw but the device is still rated at 12 amps. Nothing we do will change the fact that the device is rated at 12 amps but there are many who believe that using #12 conductors and terminating using the screw someway makes it a better installation when the fact remains that the device is rated at 12 amps. These are the facts weather you believe them or not. Believe it or not but the receptacle is still rated for 12 amps.