Great new electrical connectors

[agesilaus]

I've been trying, painfully to splice a new 120V line into an existing line with very little slack and in tight cramped quarters under the sink. I finally decided to swing by HD to see if they had better connectors for a 3 wire connection and found Pushin 3 way

And are they great just push the skinned bare wire end into the connector and it locks it down. Keep these in mind if you are doing any wiring work. They come in 2, 3 and 4 way and maybe 6 way but that may be 2 ganged 3 ways. Works on 12 gauge and 14 gauge Romex.

[LittleBill]

Mike134 wrote:

LittleBill wrote:

Mike134 wrote:

time2roll wrote:

enblethen wrote:
They use the same style of jab in connector terminals on some switches and receptacles. Less then desireable connection.
Rated for different gauges of wire but may not work well with small and large wire.

I believe these are rated by code to allow to be covered in a wall without a J-box. In essence rated same as continuous wire by code.

I have never seen a code that allows splices to be "buried" in a wall

apparently nobody reads the code then. try 334.40B, kits have been available for years.. page 195 on NFPA 70

in wall splice kit

Home Depot Kit

Just because they make them doesn't make them legal. Apparently you read the code wrong. Those splices are allowed for exposed work per sec 334.40. we were talking about buried in the wall.

Re read the code sec 300.15A Need a box for a splice there are exceptions but the application talked about is not one of them.

pretty sure I'm not, not sure how else to interpret concealed

Code

[Mike134]

LittleBill wrote:

Mike134 wrote:

time2roll wrote:

enblethen wrote:
They use the same style of jab in connector terminals on some switches and receptacles. Less then desireable connection.
Rated for different gauges of wire but may not work well with small and large wire.

I believe these are rated by code to allow to be covered in a wall without a J-box. In essence rated same as continuous wire by code.

I have never seen a code that allows splices to be "buried" in a wall

apparently nobody reads the code then. try 334.40B, kits have been available for years.. page 195 on NFPA 70

in wall splice kit

Home Depot Kit

Just because they make them doesn't make them legal. Apparently you read the code wrong. Those splices are allowed for exposed work per sec 334.40. we were talking about buried in the wall.

Re read the code sec 300.15A Need a box for a splice there are exceptions but the application talked about is not one of them.

[Dusty_R]

The last I knew the only place that a splice/joints, are allowed, not in an assessable box, is under ground.

Dusty

[ajriding]

The Wago is not a twist and pull, not sure where that came from. There is a lever than clamps down and the wire is stuck until the lever gets pulled up, which takes quite a bit of prompting to do - should never unhook by itself.

If you look at any DIY forum long enough you figure out that individuals are not bound by any code. Following a code will be safer, but code is not the only safe way. Individuals can take their own risk and judgment for what will work and be safe, right or wrong, the layman does not read 1,000 page code book to connect two wires together. This is a tired comment to keep bringing up every time someone works on their RV. Feel free to suggest a better way, but stop with the code references

[LittleBill]

Mike134 wrote:

time2roll wrote:

enblethen wrote:
They use the same style of jab in connector terminals on some switches and receptacles. Less then desireable connection.
Rated for different gauges of wire but may not work well with small and large wire.

I believe these are rated by code to allow to be covered in a wall without a J-box. In essence rated same as continuous wire by code.

I have never seen a code that allows splices to be "buried" in a wall

apparently nobody reads the code then. try 334.40B, kits have been available for years.. page 195 on NFPA 70

in wall splice kit

Home Depot Kit

[Mike134]

time2roll wrote:

enblethen wrote:
They use the same style of jab in connector terminals on some switches and receptacles. Less then desireable connection.
Rated for different gauges of wire but may not work well with small and large wire.

I believe these are rated by code to allow to be covered in a wall without a J-box. In essence rated same as continuous wire by code.

I have never seen a code that allows splices to be "buried" in a wall

[Cummins12V98]

Nothing better than a good ol fashioned wirenut twisting the wires together.

[Bipeflier]

Just a concern. Since you can "twist and pull" the wire out, how will these work on "mobile" moving equipment? I don't trust wire nuts on campers as I have witnessed several of them fall off.

[ajriding]

I feel dumpy for just now knowing about it. A friend said he had a bunch of extra I could have. (His dad was an engineer of sorts, so he gets a lot of cool ideas).

This will simplify life so much.
Ebay had 60 for only $13, thats 13 cents each if I did math right.

[Cummins12V98]

Bought a new house in 93, they had the POS "stab n jab" receptacles and switches. I replaced every one with screw down connector type. Had several issues before replacing them.

Tiny pc of metal pushing against the conductor, NO THANKS!

[bucky]

14g wire in a hole that can take 12g starts fires. Ask any insurance claims adjuster.

[rhagfo]

time2roll wrote:

enblethen wrote:
They use the same style of jab in connector terminals on some switches and receptacles. Less then desireable connection.
Rated for different gauges of wire but may not work well with small and large wire.

I believe these are rated by code to allow to be covered in a wall without a J-box. In essence rated same as continuous wire by code.

Sorry I don’t even need to look, code requires access to all wiring splices. You can NOT bury in walls!

[Dave_H_M]

Appreciate the post. I can't believe it took so many decades to find that out. :S

[enblethen]

According to Ideal op's connector will be contained in box.Sell sheet