On Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:18:44 -0400, Clare Snyder
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On Sat, 15 Jun 2019 15:43:57 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 15 Jun 2019 15:34:25 -0400, Clare Snyder
wrote:

On Sat, 15 Jun 2019 14:31:12 -0400, wrote:
SNIPP

You can use the euro style terminal blocks. Just be sure to get the
U/L, ETL or TUV listed ones (CE doesn't count).
https://tinyurl.com/y34b4lm8
They can be a long strip of these.

BUTT - can I use them with Aluminum wire?

Molex has ones listed for both copper and aluminum at:
https://www.molex.com/molex/products...Int roduction

For the grounds you can use a regular bus bar like you see in panels.
That can make a very neat installation. I did it when I replaced my
service panel to extend the wires that were too short. It avoided
that jumble of wire nuts you are talking about.
May have to get a few of those stripos to extend the neutrals fo
install arcfault breakers - - -

You have to separate neutrals anyway down stream of the bus bar in the
panel. You are not allowed to bundle neutrals from different circuits
although I have seen it done. It does get a tag from me.
Those big kludge ceiling boxes are the worst offenders. That is also
where most AFCI problems occur.
For sure. My problem is the sparky who replaced my panel made too
neat a job of it - cutting the neutrals to fit beautifully to the
neutral buss without a "web" of unoused wire. A thing of beauty,
really - but not nice for retro-fitting protection devices - - - -

I know what you mean, those OCD perfect looking panels are great as
long as you never want to change anything.