Wire Nuts Which to Use, Why They Fail, How to Apply Correctly, John
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- čas přidán 14. 08. 2018
- Disney Manager, Wire Nuts, Best Practice , Big Blue, Red, Tan, Yellow, Orange, Small Blue, & Gray, Big Blue Two #6 or Three #8, Red Two #8 or three 10's or Four #12, Tan two to three #12 or Three to four #14, Yellow two or three #14. Orange two #14 or less.
Thank you, John. The lack of info on wire nuts is amazing. You helped bring me some clarity and identify a mistake before I finished the job. Much appreciated.
Thanks John as always...that's why I twist with my pliers and trim off the end sticking beyond the rest of the wires..I've gone past the plastic nut sheath before.
Very helpful and thorough video. Thank you!
Thanks John! Really helpful for this newbie on wires and nuts. Other videos are no where near as helpful!
What did I learn? That the industry still has a ways to go in regards to standards (colors that make no sense, can use this but can also use this... etc).
Sayin that it takes years to develop the right twist means making twists is almost magical and something better needs to happen.
I like the wago like connectors. It eliminates about 70% of the black magic voodoo this video highlights so well.
BrianHoff04 wago every time wire nuts are not used in the UK banned decades ago
Much respect and thank you for all your videos! U taking ur time out to share years of experience is priceless to all who will be blessed to come across. Thanks a million for making all the videos and folks subscribe to this channel...... share!!!!!
I can't tell you how many times I've had those damn tiny orange and yellow wire nuts come off when I was replacing a ballast in a fixture. And of course, "back in the day" we serviced them while live.
Thank you Sir, that was a big help!
John- thanks for your videos. I just finished all of them. Pls keep em coming!
And he sounds 30 years younger. 😂
Tremendously helpful, thank you!
He taught this better than my actual electrician program did.
Playback at 1.75 speed is good :)
John can you do a video on junction boxes and the correct number of wires per wire nut. I have seen where there all twisted together by lineman plyers and then capped with a wire nut. what I would like to know is the do's and don'ts in this game of making connections properly.
Thanks John. 👍
Thank you! Great Info!
Very good! I subscribed. Thank you!
Thank you for your valuable info
Great summary
So, my garage door sensor wires would need the orange nut? And, make sure the bare wires are even before screwing on the nut and make sure the bare wires don't show outside the nut? I don't twist the wires before I screw the nut on? Any reason to use electrical tape? I currently put electrical tape around the wires until I can get the wire nuts. My sensor kit came with crimping locking connectors with silicone and I didn't strip the wire before putting it in and crimped. Therefore sensors didn't work and ruined the connectors and had to cut off.
Alot of misinformation here. Ideal red wingnuts are rated for 2 12AWG and work perfectly when stripped 1/2 inch per Ideal's instructions. Yellow wingnuts are rated for 2 12 AWG and work perfectly when stripped 3/8 inch per Ideal's instructions.
Iam your newest subscriber great videos
Thank you!
love your videos! can you maybe do one on the new shrink wrap connectors
Thanks John. Very helpful information. Suggestion: Video is a Closeup medium. Give us a 3-4 second closeup of wire ends and areas that require attention to detail. Why didn’t you show us the proper length of insulation to cut back based on the wire thickness or the number of wires we are merging?
Call an electrician lol
Any thoughts on putting ferrules on the wires before twisting them into the wire nut?
What’s the amp and heat rating on the ideal 30-454 wire nut?
If I'm doing a direct wire bypass for a flourescent fixture. How many wires can be safely put into a red wire cap including the hot or neutral?
Is the process the same for more than 2 wires?
I've noticed both myself(and some electricians) have over stripped wiring on my light switches. to be clear some of these "jobs' in fact MOST of them were done by electricians! not me! and they were in too big a hurry. I can't tell them what to do so now I plan on doing it myself the right way but being meticulous in watching vids as these beforehand!
Doing oil burners in ny an old timer said to attach wires do exactly what you said let the wire nut do the twisting, can you imagine how many people twist the wire first, you just confirmed what do when working with wire nuts! How about those wago wire connectors? Thanks!
Pre twist all the time
John, I’m here in Canada and our typical house voltage for switches/receptacles is 120.
Would you happen to know why I might be testing 88V at a thermostat box and the same
at the end of the circuit where the heater should connect?
Thanks John. Question: I replaced a hardwired smoke alarm harness the other day using tan twisters. Single solid 12awg pigtails to the harness wires stripped at 1/2" already. The harness is pre-stripped and tinned stranded (14-16awg?) at 3/8". I just lined up the ends and twisted hard until I just started to barely see a white mark on the end of the wire nut, but didn't deform it or go through as it was hard to tell when to stop. I pulled on both wires pretty damn hard and nothing slipped, but I'm curious whether the 1/8" or so of insulation on the harness wires that I assume gets trapped in the spring will cause a problem? Surely that small bit of insulation isn't getting held tight enough to hold the wire in? Thanks for all your excellent videos!
Putting insulation in the wire nut spring is a no no. But if there is no heat in the nut, and the bare wires are twisted tightly together you are good to go, JS.
I am trying to use the king innovation direct burial wire for low voltage landscape lights. I can’t figure out whether to use the medium or large sizes. I am daisy chaining using 12 AWG with Kichler lights that have 18 AWG. Therefore I need to make a lot of connections with TWO #12 + ONE #18 AWG. Please help let me know whether to buy medium or large king innovation connections! Thanks!!!
U should make a video with stranded 12 AWG wire connections for everyone trying to do their own led landscape lighting!
That was funny at the end of the video presentation; "you can squeeze right back."
Yup. And then there are your freakishly large biceps you developed from all of that ditch-digging, running conduit, and wire-pulling. About the only other trade that would mess with an electrician is the Ironworkers. But this is because an ironworker is nothing more than a Millwright with his brains knocked out. :)
Correct if I'm wrong. But shouldn't he have stated the make or manufacturer of the wire nuts since there is no standard color coding practice in the wire nuts industry? I'm assuming these are Ideal brand nuts. Other wise I thought it was a good "finer points" video on the use of wire nuts.
I use Buchanan wire connectors.
I prefer to take a pair of side cutters and twist the conductors together, cut the end off, and then put the wire nut on. I don't want any possibility for the conductors to loosen or come apart.
Me too. As a nonelectrician I am far slower, but my wires end up being much more tightly coiled when using lineman pliers to do the initial twist. By cutting the end after coiling you get sharp even edges leading inside the nut.
@@spelunkerd Same here. Because I see what licensed electricians are doing in the field.
Yup, I'm a sheet metal worker not an electrician, but that's excatly what I do as well. Specially with 3 wire connections I find they are rock solid after that. Sometimes taking it a step further and electrical tape wrapping the nut to the wire, than positioning it nut up in the box.
Thank you I'm trying wire nut a white wire that on the ceilings fan light which the light on the ceilings fan is not usable no bulb no globe it was remove so there a wire that is white which is expose is it safe to cap it
When you cap a wire with A wire nut, make sure that the wire is cut down to the insolation and then tighten the nut so it won't fall off, check it by pulling on the nut after it is applied, then tuck it in and put it to bed. JS.
is it true that you should only use a wire nut one time?
One time too many
Yes only once. The integrity of the steel coil inside is compromised after use.
Will those big blue 6-8 awg nuts work on 50amp
8 THWN 50 AMPS, 6 THHN 75 AMPS, 310.15(B)(2). JS
Pre twist with your kliens first
Nooo! That's exactly why the manufacturer recommends not pre-twisting your wires. The Kliens leave grooves in your wires that can cause them to fail.
@@Kevin-mp5of Ha! I always get that wrong. Thanks.
@@MrWaalkman Only if you do it wrong. Strip it out twice or three times as long as you need to and then twist while pulling hard at the same time with your linemans. Then cut off the excess and damaged conductor to install the wire nut.
I came here because in a florescent light there are a lot of 18 gauge wires. I connected 7 wires 18 gauge in a red wire nut. They appear to all be secure. I wondered what could go wrong. This video did not deal with more than two wires.
Some people add electric tape after wire nuts. maybe for extra secure?
Tape keeps water out, but if you use scotch 130c first it makes it waterproof.
Vibration
You shouldn't need it. But the hard plastic wire nuts doesn't allow the shell to expand like the softer wingnuts do. This really helps keep the wingnuts on. So in the case of the hard shell wire nuts, the tape would be helpful
These are all standardized, every color has a range relating to number of wires and sizes that can be connected using them regardless of your opinion.
Thanks, we all have input based on our experience. JS
Again, no info on the internal metal of the connectors. I have some with a silver metal and some with copper inside. I just want to join the broken copper cord on my little heater
Use Noalox or Dielectric Grease to take the OX out of the connection, and it won't mater what the spring force is. JS
The insinkerator website says to use "Wire Nuts (2-size 54)" -- what on earth is size 54?
Ideal wire connectors, TW-52 is red & TW-54 is blue. Only use blue for 3 or 4 No. 12 wires. Red is good for the same. JS.
WT-52 And WT-54 Sorry Old Age U know.
Do you like Wago's?
Those in the UK and EU now have every reason to believe we Yanks are freaking nuts
I wish these were common in the UK. They make a connection with much better contact area than screw terminals. Wago connectors are a total joke!
Yes you are right👍😀. Greetings from Germany. Never seen nuts 🥜 here... Looks fossile even at higher currents you have...
@@literoadie3502 holy crap a European that admitted wagos are gimmicky. Nice!
Missing the green grounding wire nut.
I have never seen a green wire nut ? Getting Old U Know. Thanks JS
the right way is use them once and no more
It’s always better to use new ones but technically you can reuse them if they not stripped out and no wire broke off inside.
More convenient, effective, safer, and time - saving than covering wires with electrical tape. Can be useful in difficult situations where you sometimes (in some cases) cannot turn off the power and have to connect wires directly.
By the way, nice rings you got there buddy ! But I suggest better you temporarily take them off while working. Risk of electrical shock / grounding .
If you’re doing electrical work, stop
As soon as i come across theae things, they get gonned in the junk !
these are fairly new theyve only been out 10 or 15 years XD
Always use the lineman’s to pretwist the wires before the wirenuts go on. Or fuck the wirenuts and use wago lever nuts. Woohoo
There is a tool for everything.....that is why you do not use one tool for everything you put the damn wire nut on properly by using the correct wire nut on the correct wire size does that make sense. Voltage can kill anyone.. if not properly sustained there is always a potential for anything to happen that is why you learn to do things properly. Imagine this just imagine your son or daughter would have to work on your wire make up would you do a half ass job knowing if when they move the wiring to add or fix a circuit there could be a potential to come off and arc flash on them. Just do the right thing use the right tool and wire nut for the job. And a professional electrician not a fool from the home depot parking lot.....
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