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Default Wire nut w/5 #12

On Aug 27, 9:59*pm, TimR wrote:
I suggested the chocolate block, because we used those in Europe on
all sizes of conductor. *House wiring was 220V of course. *Wire nuts
were prohibited as inferior, and I have to admit they are, though they
usually work.

I've never checked NEC and don't know if the chocolate block is legal
here. *But it's completely secure, and completely checkable - you can
see if you got the connection perfect or not, unlike a wire nut.


Can you provide a link to a "chocolate block", all my searches don't
find any electrical connectors.

Thanks