Use Wago Connectors instead of Wire Nuts
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- Опубліковано 22 бер 2023
- If you are still using wire nuts... time to upgrade for a fool proof wire connections in your electrical projects at home... use Wago connectors.
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Dude…I would’ve never known about these. I used them today when I changed out a ceiling light fixture. Total game changer. Thanks for the great tip and all that you do!
Was changing out the speakers on my boat. Old wire was way to short, had some left over from the trailer lights. Bought some of the straight wago connectors and worked like a charm! I'm confident they'll hold up! Never used em before, damn they're nice.
@@ghg789987 Not intended for a wet/damp application. Proper way in marine is a heat shrink crimp with a proper crimp tool.
Pro tip, use a connector with one more slot that’s not being used so you can check voltage with your multimeter without having to disconnect the connectors you’re welcome
On WAGO 221 and Other Produkts, there is a opening to put in your messure device ;-)
They have test ports
He even mentioned in this video that there are test ports. Your condescending "you're welcome " isn't necessary.
@@VX3800 they don’t have test ports only if you have an extra port so instead of using a two port you would use a 3 port so you can check
@@Mojo32 I can tell you haven’t used these when he connected the two wires on a two port wago you can’t test that hence that’s why you would use a 3 port to use to test
These are also great to connect wires that for whatever reason are too short. I recently came across a problem where I only had about 2" to work with, not giving me enough wire to twist onto in the box, I used these connectors and it saved me from having to rewire the whole area.
Yep! They make straight ones for splicing like that! Just tried em out for the first time myself. My boat's speaker wire was too short, and I wasn't going to trust a wire nut. The wago connectors worked like some sort of magic! Love em!
I used these last time I worked on Ceiling fans and they all had stranded wire. Easy to use and the wire did not pull out
Seems like wire nuts (when used properly) have been around for quite awhile and installed in many projects just fine. It's great to have options to choose from though.
nice connectors
I'm an electrician and when you have one solid and one stranded, you start the solid around the stranded first, then twist them together.
and two solids but different sizes, you start the larger around the smaller first, then twist them both together.
Thanks for the tips!
Deez wire nuts 😂😂
Thank you for teaching me something new! ❤
Thank you, you are so amazing individual I really appreciated you! ❤❤❤
Thank you, I appreciate it…
Totally agree!!!
😮 I like this new connectors nuts. So much easier
Costly but nice
Yeah, the inline one just came out. That is a lot nicer when you don't havre much space...
I just got these recommended, they are great. What’s an example of wanting to connect three or more wires though?
Just chain them? For eg connect two 3-wire connectors together and now you have a 4-wire connector.
Where can i buy? Can you give a link please?
Do you have any Self Sealing Stem Bolt?
the inline one is nice (:
Is that going to cost three times more than a wire nut?
Very costly.
I’m a D.I. Wire , dad joke
When I saw this I thought you had to put 3 Ethernet cables to you nvr or Poe switch 😂
Some houses mostly the old ones have aluminium wires instead of copper, never mix copper wires with aluminum ones in high amperage applications, they might have the same gage size but conductivity and resistance are totally different from one another.
I'm not an electrician, but the two can be mixed and there's specific methods to do so. Aluminum wiring is okay as long as the proper paste was used at the connections and guage size is correct.
If I purchased an old house with aluminum wiring the first thing I would do is confirm GA and go through every line termination and refresh the ends to make sure they're clean and freshly pasted. That would give me many years until I decided to spend the money to replace them or if I sold the house would know that it won't burn down anytime soon on the next owners.
@@joedanero5360 If you're not an electrician why are you contradicting me?
@@IWillBrutalyRemoveYourBalls 😆Nice. Are you one?
@@joedanero5360 Yes, certified Technician in electrical installations and automatizations, I've been working for 5 years
That just means they can sustain diferant currents, you can connect them
I went nutless a while ago!
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Thank L.H.
These Wire nuts..
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Why does America still use solid wire
Just push the solid wire in no need to open
Try soldering and shrink tubes, more cost effective
I am a DI wire.
23awg wires... even some solid ethernet cables are thicker lol
It’s pronounced waygo but spelled wago. Not waggo. Also it will only pull out if you suck at putting wire nuts on. I always do a strong tug test. But wagos is best.
Yours is even more wrong 😅 It's pronounced va.go because it's German.
If u can pull the wire put without ripping it u did it wrong
Sorry but Wago is the lazy way of making a connection.
Soldering the tip of the stranded wire fixes that issue. I don’t like wago for home wiring because the metal connector they have inside is way too thin. Many electricians complain that they heat up and melt when used on anything that draws moderate amperage.
Wrong. They are rated at 31A but it can handle well beyond 100A based on some testing some electricians did on youtube. Have used them on 16A circuits for almost a decade.. Not a single issue so far. Led lights draw very little current.
They are made for the European market, we have 230V and most circuits are 16A or lower.
So if you have a 100V system, the amperage needs to increase, so you need to see if this product tip is suitable for your installation environment
When u have stranded and solid u should put stranded on top so it folds over the solid wire. Wagos suck in the long run don’t be lazy and twist your wires.
Wagos have been used in Germany and Europe for over 50 years. Wires nuts like U.S. electrics should belong in a museum 😅
Love it
They may be better now but these have a bad history. If you put wires of different sizes in them the smaller wire would not get a good connection. Caused multiple fixtures to catch fire. They got pulled from shelf’s for years! They now say they are good but depends on brand/date of manufacture.
The push grip style can cause issues, still do, especially if not properly installed, the lever style ones don’t though, assuming of course you seat the wire in the first place.
The main problem is cost, if you’re making a permanent connection and you know how to use them wire nuts are cheaper.
Also wire nuts have a particularly bad rep in europe for failing, so screw connector blocks or wago style connectors are extremely common
You always give it a quick tape job
in europe we use it since decades. it is the same thing wit every tool or produkt, you need to use it correctly, then nothing badly happens to the installation for the next decades ;)
NO
You can also keep using your wire nuts ;)