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Wellcraft19 t1_jd5gyux wrote

Reply to comment by ledow in Why should wires not be twisted before putting in wire nut? by dhekurbaba

Maybe because properly applied, few connections are as electrically solid as when using wire nuts. But they sure are used more here in the US - where electrical standards are about a century behind Northern Europe.

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ledow t1_jd5isi4 wrote

"Wire nuts are not used in the UK because the old ceramic ones were banned many years ago for good reason"

I don't think they're any more solid, and there's a lot of talk that they weaken the connections over time / repeated use.

I've lived in houses (and worked in workplaces) with 40's and 50's wiring (and a couple of workplaces with literal 100-year-old wiring still in place, but unused) and things never came loose, just the opposite.

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