"james" wrote in message ...
I bought a motion sensing porch light with stranded wires coming out.

When I tried to connect it to the solid wire with twist on connectors (2
solid wires + 1 stranded), one stranded wire slipped out after a slight
tug. The stranded wires is of a smaller guage.

I thought about making the leads on the stranded wire longer and wrap it
around the two solid wires first. But the strands being so thin, might be
cut by twisiting the connector on it.

In the end, I removed the porch light, twisted each stranded wire all by
itself, and put solder on it. This essentially turned the strands into a
solid wire. Then I twisted it on with the solid wires.

Is this the correct solution?

You may be using wire nuts that are too large for the conductors, or you
may be using the garbage wire nuts that come with the fixture. You should
be able to twist the solid wires together, then strip about an inch of the
stranded wire and twist it right into the grooves of the two solid wires,
always in a clockwise direction, then install the nut.