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That veteran installer told me to stop using wire nuts on alarm panels
Old school guy at my supplier said I should swap to Wagos for all my low voltage connections after he saw me finishing a panel in Phoenix last month. Tried it on my last three residential jobs and had zero callbacks on those loose connections I used to get. Anyone else make the switch and notice less service calls?
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nelson.cameron26d agoMost Upvoted
Swapped out a wire nut on a furnace control board last week and found three strands just sitting there doing nothing. Makes you wonder how many callbacks are just from bad connections. @eva_thompson10 nailed it with the small gauge stuff being a pain in the nuts. I still use wire nuts on the big stuff in panels cause old habits die hard, but for any low voltage wiring I'm all in on Wagos now. Plus if you ever have to chase a short later, popping wires out is way easier than untwisting a tangled mess of 22 gauge. I just wish they made the lever ones a little smaller for tight spots.
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eva_thompson1026d ago
You ever had a call back just because a stranded wire slipped out of a wire nut inside a tight panel? I switched to Wagos six months ago and it saved me on the small 18-22 gauge stuff that never seems to bite right in nuts. Plus it makes testing and swapping devices way faster since you can pop wires in and out without fighting a tangled mess.
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