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Steve Barker LT wrote:
It is imperative the wires be twisted before the wire nut is applied.

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Steve Barker


Not always, it depends on the design of the wire nut.

Here is a brief excerpt from an Ideal Industries wep page. They are
one of the oldest and biggest manufactures of wire nuts (I believe
they have the trade mark on the name)

from http://www.idealindustries.com/wt/Tw...Connectors.nsf

* Five Color-coded models accept from #22 to #8 AWG wire
* Fixed, Square-wire spring
* No pre-twisting required
* UL Listed and CSA Certified
* Reusable
* Shell rated for 105° C
* Flame-retardant polypropelene shell


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