Jeremiah Harvey
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Have done the same thing with the Ideal wingnuts where I have stripped the conductors too long....those were long my favorite wire connectors, but now my favorite is the 3M R/Y ones.I've never liked 3M wire connectors. They've always been inferior to Ideal in my book.
They've always been inferior to Ideal in my book.
I have a bag of those for anyone that wants them. So firkin crappy , They have sat there for a few years now. Plastic is too soft and brittle. :thumbsdown:
I still prefer it's holding power over the scotch-lock which I find spins out inside many times before enough tension is achieved resulting in numbers of burnt connections that I have come across.
I have that problem from time to time with those also.
I found it more problematic when temps are below 40*, I think I took a few apart to see what the problem was if I remember there was a little kick in the end of the spring that normally is not there so once a little tension is applied it wants to blow the side out.
Usually just getting a different batch solves the problem. It's drove me nuts too but I still prefer it's holding power over the scotch-lock which I find spins out inside many times before enough tension is achieved resulting in numbers of burnt connections that I have come across.
So why use these crappy connectors, I don't anymore.The old skotchloks from the '70s didn't seem to bite right away, and don't want to back off either.:rant:
Just about every electrical connector 3M has ever made is called a "scotchlok", including the ones in the original post in this thread.So why use these crappy connectors, I don't anymore.
years ago Engineers would spec out scotch locks. To hell with them. These 3m the wire can poke though the end and ground out on a box. Gee I really like that. Poof when you are moving the wires around in a box.
I have used them all. Ideal , and even some of the no name brands with the wings and the ribs are great.
Just about every electrical connector 3M has ever made is called a "scotchlok", including the ones in the original post in this thread.
Same here and I love the tan twisters.:happyyes:
.... but now my favorite is the 3M R/Y ones.
Me three.3M R/Y style for me.
while installing these wirenuts, View attachment 14703 ,I have had them split open.
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I have run into this in different bags purchased over a year apart..
Has anyone else had this trouble?
The springs look like they got hot and discolored. You say that's what they look like out of the box?