Where did they go?

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infinity

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Sounds like these:

Electrical-Spring-Connectors-R-20058-3M-Scotchlok.jpg
 

sw_ross

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Sounds like these:

Electrical-Spring-Connectors-R-20058-3M-Scotchlok.jpg

I typically find those wirenuts in j-boxes where I'm at, from previous installations. I hate trying to remove those wirenuts! They don't seem to "unscrew" off the conductors the way ideal twister-nuts do! Sometimes I just clip the wire just below the wirenut rather than fight with those wirenuts!
 

roger

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I typically find those wirenuts in j-boxes where I'm at, from previous installations. I hate trying to remove those wirenuts! They don't seem to "unscrew" off the conductors the way ideal twister-nuts do! Sometimes I just clip the wire just below the wirenut rather than fight with those wirenuts!
Squeeze them with your linemans first and they will twist off.

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kwired

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Squeeze them with your linemans first and they will twist off.

Roger
Might even need to squeeze with a pliers while twisting off at times. When you try to remove it the outer plastic is just spinning but inner connecting component is not moving.
 

infinity

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As implied by their name they lock onto the splice, more so when using solid over stranded conductors. We used them exclusively for decades until 3M phased them out about 10 years ago.
 

infinity

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For solid conductors there was nothing better. They locked onto the splice and took up less room in the box/fixture, etc. because of their narrow design.
 
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