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Default Push in wire connectors


You might have the opportunity to use these push in terminals real
soon again. Once you burn down your house, you can do it all over
again.......... and again ............ and again...................




I just used them in a junction box for my bathroom remodeling
project...seemed very secure and i liked the fact that they wires were
easy to tuck back into the box.

I did dissect one of them and it seems it is beefier and more secure
than a stab-lock fixture might be...there is a hump that the wire has
to ride over which increases the contact with the "fingers"

I bought a halo new construction lighting can to go over my shower
(with a shower trim, of course) and when I opened the J-Box on the can
lo and behold...push in wire terminals.

I do like the fact these have a port on them for checking continuity.

I dont forsee an immediate problem with these connectors...

funny story when i was learning house wiring in electronics I had a
teacher who would yank the wirenuts on our connections VERY hard..and
if ONE nut gave..he cut all the wires and said "DO OVER".

Now in my home wiring I am just about as anal about tight
conenctions...I tighten those damn nuts up so tight that a few times
the plastic has seperated from the cone...these are Buchannan wire nuts
I am talking about here...

Well I did the same "Yank Test" on these push on connectors and those
damn things didnt budge...irregardless if it was 12 or 14 guage wire.

I feel pretty confident using them..

Josh



You might have the opportunity to use these push in terminals real
soon again. Once you burn down your house, you can do it all over
again.......... and again ............ and again...................