Timeline for wire nut alternative
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| Mar 20, 2018 at 23:30 | comment | added | Stanwood | You can find insulated split bolts for larger wire sizes. I would only use an uninsulated split bold on larger grounding wires. Properly taping one of these is not a good DIY project. | |
| Dec 19, 2016 at 20:52 | comment | added | Sean | @keshlam Wire nuts were invented by a guy named Marr; A Marr style connector is a wire nut | |
| Dec 19, 2016 at 16:49 | comment | added | keshlam | Could someone define "Marr style connectors" for those who aren't familiar with the term? Note that the preferred technique varies from country to country; wire nuts are ubiquitous and (used properly) trusted in the US, whereas connector blocks are preferred in some other places, and there seem to be religious wars about simple things like whether to twist connectors together before applying the wire nut or not and whether solder is good or bad in this application. In the end, the real determining factor will be the opinions of the Local Authority Having Jurisdiction. | |
| Feb 16, 2016 at 17:12 | comment | added | Richard | It sure sounds better than tape, especially the smaller piece before the Marr style connecter to hold all the wries in one place first. This I feel is the hardest part when trying to connect a bunch of wires together with Marr style connecters, keeping them all at the same length to get a tight grip on each. I believe it's Ideal that makes the connecters with the thumb tabs on them to help tighten them properly, one good idea too. | |
| Feb 16, 2016 at 3:25 | comment | added | hildred | Indeed, Straight sections work fine, although I like to use two sizes, a smaller section that will not fit over the marr will help hold the wires and will add thickness allowing a firmer fit from the larger section, for which I like to cut about three times the length needed, warm one end so it starts to shrink, then fold it in forming a pseudo cup, slide it over the tightened marr and shrink. Works great. | |
| Feb 16, 2016 at 3:01 | comment | added | Richard | I haven't seen any real heat shrinks desiened for this purpose but I suppose even straight ones would work by simple folding over the end before heating I guess. Interesting idea to try though. | |
| Feb 15, 2016 at 2:46 | comment | added | hildred | Heatshrink of the proper size can also be used instead of tape. | |
| Feb 14, 2016 at 20:16 | history | answered | Richard | CC BY-SA 3.0 |