Greenies

[DBoone]

Tried Greenies (not the dog treat) for the first time the other day and I have to say, I didn’t like them. The spring never seemed to really grab the wires and twist them very good. Tried the Commercial Electric brand today and same scenario.

I’ll use them in a pinch if I need to but I think I’ll stick with regular wirenuts and pigtails

 

[hillbilly1]

Even though the package says no twisting necessary, I always do. Never had a problem with them. Much tighter connection than crimp sleeves.

 

[James L]

The Ideal brand doesn't like to grab 2 wires, but other brands do. I'm with @hillbilly1 though. Pretwisting helps tremendously

 

[Coppersmith]

They work well for me. Never had a problem with them grabbing the wires.

Since we a talking about ground wires, usually (in a resi setting) they are twisted the full length of the bare conductors long before they hit the greenie.

 

[infinity]

I like them but I always pre-twist so they seem to work like any other wire nut.

 

[DBoone]

I used to be a pre twister but in the past year I have switched over to not pre twisting. My go-to is the red Ideal Wing Nut and they really grab the wires and put a great twist on them.

Don’t want to beat a dead horse about pre twisting or not pre twisting I think I got the info I was looking for. If I use a greenie I will pre twist and see how I like the feel of it.

 

[Little Bill]

You don't have to fully pre-twist them, just a twist or so then use the greenie to finish the twist.

 

[electrofelon]

I don't care for greeniee. I don't really see any advantage in them. They take a little longer to install, the wire nut is often larger size than you would otherwise need, and of course there are limited to one tail. Of course you save one conductor count, but that never really seems to matter.