Now I can replace all the twist caps in my house

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Okay this is far from dull, those are fucking amazing

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I’d say they’re dull in a good way! I don’t want my electrical work to be exciting, that tends to end poorly.

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Fair enough!

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Wago connectors are great…wish someone had got me some!

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Wait hold on a minute, this is the Dull men’s club.

That ain’t dull, that’s brilliant.

Either that or I belong here don’t I.

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See that’s the problem. You lost definitely belong.

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The WAGO makes the fucking wire nut look medieval. Good deal and whenever I opened a splice in my home, I replaced all the damn wire nuts with WAGOs.

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They are the best. Did my entire home installlation using them, it was such a breeze compared to Lüsterklemmen, whatever they are called in English.

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The English term for those are wire nuts. They suck but they’re great in a pinch

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Hm, nah, I meant these:

https://files.catbox.moe/k8mgc0.png

Not great, because if they change temperature a lot or are over torqued they lose pressure after a while.

Those wire nuts look even worse though, do they just screw on top of twisted wire ends to isolate them somewhat?

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In Belgium we call these sugar (sucre) as they look like some sugar you’d toss in a coffee

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We call these chocolate blocks, and I try and replace as many of them as I can

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Hah! My uncle loves those. Picks up a pack whenever he is in Germany and laments that he can’t get them anywhere else.

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Correct about wire nuts. As far as I know, they’re the north American standard. Based on the two options I see here, it looks like they’re also the most archaic option lol

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I’d call them screw blocks or screw terminals

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Yes, that’s them. The Marettes as the other answer suggested look even more sketchier, jeez, twisting wires and calling it a day for for up to 32A?

Anyway, I’ve found over torqued screw blocks in my parents home that lost pressure due to slight plastic deformation of the copper wires over time and that’s something you’ll never find out until the connector box starts smoking 0_o

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I generally see the old style called Marrettes. It’s a brand name that was the only supplier in Canada for a long time.

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