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Owain writes:
Andrew Gabriel wrote:
They were called "Scruits" (TM) ...
I have a number of old books on wiring (stangely, I find the
history of it interesting). The most recent one with any reference
to this type of connector is about 1935, and that's only in a
picture -- I suspect thet were probably rather obsolete even by
then.

I had an electrical wiring book in the mid 1980s which recommended them.
Can't remember which one though.

Well, there are loads of books which recommend them in 2005 too,
to Americans...

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Andrew Gabriel