On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:27:57 GMT, HaLiGoOn
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On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:06:21 +0000, HaLiGoOn wrote:
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Does anyone know the best way to connect a multi-strand wire to
copper
wire?
This is for a recessed light in the ceiling of our top floor
hallway.
Therefore the housing for the light is going in the attic/roof. The
housing itself includes the multi-strand wire, that I have to
connect
the copper wire to that is fed in from the light switch.
Right now, I have used the screw on cone shaped type connectors (I
forget what they're called ... merriates????) but the connection
does
not look that good - the multi-strand wire seems to fray quite
easily.
Thx!!
I believe the French word for wire nut is merat. You twist the
stranded
wires around the solid wire in a clockwise rotation then twist the
wire
nut on. Be sure you are using the correct size nut for the connection
Marrette is a brand name of wire connector. Actually "Wire Nut" is a
brand name also, Ideal owns the trade name wire nut... It's like
calling a snowmobile a "ski-doo", ski-doo is a brand name. Either
way, people will know what your talking about.
These are all eponyms.
There was a person named "wire nut"?
You don't remember his brothers Brazil and Pea?