Wire Nuts

Forgot on Blue these are generally gell filled for underground wiring or specialty for connecting aluminum to copper depending on markings etc or if really small for 2 22 gauge wires as mentioned above just to make it more confusing

good chart here for more info
https://www.platt.com/CutSheets/Idea...atalogPage.pdf

It's hell being a packrat sometimes ain't it?

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Originally Posted by rondog

It's hell being a packrat sometimes ain't it?

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Ugh. :)
As a kid, I used to think my dad was so cool how he had just tons and tons of "dad stuff". Both grandpas too, and apparently at least one great grandpa, so I come from a long line. My wife's family, on the other hand, moved all the time and basically never had clutter at all. So there's that... :)

On the fun side, organizing all this stuff has given me something to do on long conference calls. Gives me something to do with my hands while I listen to multi-hour long meetings.

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Originally Posted by hobowh

generally,
Blue Wire-Nut Good choice for ballast wire connections.
Orange Wire-Nut Commonly used with light or fan fixtures for connection to switch wire(s).
Yellow Wing-Nut Commonly used to connect 2 #14 or 2 #12 wires.
Tan Twister Commonly used to connect 2 to 3 #14 or #12 wires.
Red Wing-Nut Commonly used to connect 3 to 4 #14 or #12 wires, or 3 #10.

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Thx, glad I'm not as crazy as I thought I might be...

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Originally Posted by Wolfshoon

Ah, the Pinery. Co-worker there had to re-do every outlet in his house with special AL to CU pigtails since the older houses there were built with aluminum wiring instead of copper. He had remodeled a room and county electrical inspector wrote up the whole house, that remodel got very expensive. Aluminum corrodes over time with the small wires in the wire nuts and then creates high resistance = fire. Special crimping tool and anti-corrosion gel connectors for the AL to CU pigtails.

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Family member just bought a house down outside of Franktown that has all AL wiring, and he has to pigtail every outlet, light, switch, etc. Yeah, those fancy pigtail adapters are apparently not cheap.

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Originally Posted by flogger

We did some work for some folks that had moved here from Scotland

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Originally Posted by Irving

They probably use Jameson bottles as junction boxes.

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I'm not sure whether the Scots or the Irish would be more offended by this comment... :D

I was going to suggest some more iron in your diet. Then realized it was regarding electrical items.

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Originally Posted by Brian

I'm not sure whether the Scots or the Irish would be more offended by this comment... :D

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I was trying to offend them both at the same time as not doing a Google search for Scottish brands of whisky so...double win for me!

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Originally Posted by Brian

Ugh. :)
As a kid, I used to think my dad was so cool how he had just tons and tons of "dad stuff". Both grandpas too, and apparently at least one great grandpa, so I come from a long line. My wife's family, on the other hand, moved all the time and basically never had clutter at all. So there's that... :)

On the fun side, organizing all this stuff has given me something to do on long conference calls. Gives me something to do with my hands while I listen to multi-hour long meetings.

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In the 60's my oldest brother took buckets to auto salvage yards and would nab all the wierdest fasteners, clamps, brackets, etc. he could find. I thought he was crazy, but found myself digging through those buckets regularly.