On 4/20/2011 9:11 AM, Bill Gill wrote:
On 4/20/2011 7:58 AM, dpb wrote:
On 4/20/2011 7:06 AM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:16:08 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:

wrote in :

On 4/20/2011 5:53 AM, bob haller wrote:
On Apr 20, 2:39 am, Larry wrote:
On Apr 19, 11:50 pm, wrote:

nuts. With only wire strippers to handle, no fumbling with extra
pliers was nice.

Um... What are you using pliers for? Might want to check the
instructions on the box of wire nuts...

you should always twist wires together before twisting on wire nuts,
otherwise a loose wire nut will cause a outage and possibly a over
heated connection

But no manufacturers app notes even suggest twisting the wires.



The wires twist together automatically when you install the wire nut.
Take
a look inside next time you use one.

Sure, but Bob was talking about twisting *before* placing the wire nut
on the
connection.

Which again is _NOT_ a reqm't of any manufacturer -- I posted links to
the app notes only a week or so ago. It's allowable, but not necessary
for installation in accordance w/ intended use.

--

And once again, I will continue to twist the wires. That way there is
no way that they will pop off if I mess up and don't get the wire
nuts properly installed. As I said the last time I have had that
happen, not with mine, with one that was installed by somebody else.

Bill


The usual thing I find when troubleshooting a problem is a broken wire
due to someone pretwisting the wires. You remove the wirenut and
everything is all held together because of the twists but one wire will
be broken.