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Jim Hatfield wrote:
I have an American "domestic electrical diy handbook" and it's
fascinating. I'd never seen a wirenut before I read that.

They were fairly common in the UK many years ago. I found some in my house
used with lead cable. So I'd guess pre WW2.

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*He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

Dave Plowman London SW
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