james wrote:
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.

There are probably a lot of "favorite methods".

I would probably twist the solid wires and leave the small stranded wire
straight so the wire nut positively contacts it.

Or twist the small stranded around one of the solids and then either
twist the solids or not. The stranded should be clamped between the solids.

mm recommends a wire nut with a metal coil inside. I would add that with
some wire nuts the coil expands over the wires ("live spring") and IMHO
makes a more secure connection.


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?


Sounds reasonable.

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