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connecting multi-strand to copper wire for lighting bob_monkhouse35 02-28-2008
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Posted by HaLiGoOn on February 28, 2008, 11:01 am

> wrote:
>
>
>
> [snip]
>
>>>> Marrette is a brand name of wire connector. Actually "Wire Nut" is
a
>>>> brand name also, Ideal owns the trade name wire nut... It's like
>>>> calling a snowmobile a "ski-doo", ski-doo is a brand name.
Either
>>>> way, people will know what your talking about.
>>>
>>> These are all eponyms.
>>>
>>
>>There was a person named "wire nut"?
>
> Where'd you come up with THAT?
>
> Anyway, it's still funny.
>
> Interestingly, there have been a few things in the local paper about
> people getting electrocuted when trying to steal copper wire. Could
> those be the "wire nuts"? :-)
>

"These are all eponyms"

I had to look that word up.

"An eponym is a word derived from someone's name."


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Posted by Harry on February 28, 2008, 1:29 pm
wrote:

>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>>> Marrette is a brand name of wire connector. Actually "Wire Nut" is
>a
>>>>> brand name also, Ideal owns the trade name wire nut... It's like
>>>>> calling a snowmobile a "ski-doo", ski-doo is a brand name.
>Either
>>>>> way, people will know what your talking about.
>>>>
>>>> These are all eponyms.
>>>>
>>>
>>>There was a person named "wire nut"?
>>
>> Where'd you come up with THAT?
>>
>> Anyway, it's still funny.
>>
>> Interestingly, there have been a few things in the local paper about
>> people getting electrocuted when trying to steal copper wire. Could
>> those be the "wire nuts"? :-)
>>
>
>"These are all eponyms"
>
>I had to look that word up.
>
>"An eponym is a word derived from someone's name."

Headline:

EPONYMS STEAL COPPER WIRE

:-)

Posted by EXT on February 28, 2008, 12:23 pm

> wrote:
>
>
>
> [snip]
>
>>>> Marrette is a brand name of wire connector. Actually "Wire Nut" is a
>>>> brand name also, Ideal owns the trade name wire nut... It's like
>>>> calling a snowmobile a "ski-doo", ski-doo is a brand name. Either
>>>> way, people will know what your talking about.
>>>
>>> These are all eponyms.
>>>
>>
>>There was a person named "wire nut"?
>
> Where'd you come up with THAT?
>
> Anyway, it's still funny.
>
> Interestingly, there have been a few things in the local paper about
> people getting electrocuted when trying to steal copper wire. Could
> those be the "wire nuts"? :-)

Certainly applies to a guy around here who was found fried on top of a
transformer in a distribution transformer station. The power went out, when
the service people arrived they found him on top of the transformer, he was
trying to steal copper from the live high voltage equipment and electrocuted
himself.



Posted by bud-- on February 29, 2008, 2:08 am
EXT wrote:

>
> Certainly applies to a guy around here who was found fried on top of a
> transformer in a distribution transformer station. The power went out, when
> the service people arrived they found him on top of the transformer, he was
> trying to steal copper from the live high voltage equipment and electrocuted
> himself.
>
An obvious candidate for the "Darwin Awards"

--
bud--


Posted by John Grabowski on February 28, 2008, 7:41 am

> Does anyone know the best way to connect a multi-strand wire to copper
> wire?
> This is for a recessed light in the ceiling of our top floor hallway.
> Therefore the housing for the light is going in the attic/roof. The
> housing itself includes the multi-strand wire, that I have to connect
> the copper wire to that is fed in from the light switch.
>
> Right now, I have used the screw on cone shaped type connectors (I
> forget what they're called ... merriates????) but the connection does
> not look that good - the multi-strand wire seems to fray quite easily.



The best way is to twist the wires together with a pair of pliers so that
they make a tight connection before you screw on the wire connector. For
multiple wires twist each wire one at a time. It is also important to have
the correct size wire connector. Trim back the tip of the splice with wire
cutters if it is too long.


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