Landing a wire means stripping it and securing it under its terminal: a breaker lug, a neutral bar, a device screw or a motor lead. Feeders are landed and torqued to the value on the equipment label, and on industrial work every landed wire is checked off against the drawings. The word marks the moment a circuit becomes connected, which is why 'don't land anything yet' is a common instruction while other trades are still working.
Pull the feeders tonight but don't land them, the utility hasn't released the service yet.
Also heard as
- terminate
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