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connecting multi-strand to copper wire for lighting bob_monkhouse35 02-28-2008
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Posted by edbedb on February 28, 2008, 12:08 pm
bob_monkhouse35@hotmail.com wrote:
> Does anyone know the best way to connect a multi-strand wire to copper
> wire?

Yes, someone knows.

> 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.
>
> Thx!!

Wire nuts. Smallest size that will hold a 14 ga solid wire.
ighly twist the strands of the stranded. Then using serious linesmens'
pliers,
twist the stranded and the 14 ga feeder, then wire nut the two.

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Posted by Mark Lloyd on February 28, 2008, 1:30 pm

>bob_monkhouse35@hotmail.com wrote:
>> Does anyone know the best way to connect a multi-strand wire to copper
>> wire?
>
>Yes, someone knows.
>
>> 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.
>>
>> Thx!!
>
>Wire nuts. Smallest size that will hold a 14 ga solid wire.
>ighly twist the strands of the stranded. Then using serious linesmens'
>pliers,
>twist the stranded and the 14 ga feeder, then wire nut the two.

What if you have a copper feeder, and TWO stranded wires?
--
Mark Lloyd
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force for atheism ever conceived." -- Isaac Asimov

Posted by Ralph Mowery on February 28, 2008, 2:30 pm

Smallest size that will hold a 14 ga solid wire.
>>ighly twist the strands of the stranded. Then using serious linesmens'
>>pliers,
>>twist the stranded and the 14 ga feeder, then wire nut the two.
>
> What if you have a copper feeder, and TWO stranded wires?
> --
> Mark Lloyd

Wire nuts are usually rated for a range of conductors and their size. The
ones I use do not require twisting the wires first. just lay them side by
side and screw the wire nut on .

It is no problem to put 3 or 4 wires in the same wire nut if it is the
proper size.



Posted by Mark Lloyd on February 28, 2008, 4:48 pm
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:30:32 -0500, "Ralph Mowery"

>
>Smallest size that will hold a 14 ga solid wire.
>>>ighly twist the strands of the stranded. Then using serious linesmens'
>>>pliers,
>>>twist the stranded and the 14 ga feeder, then wire nut the two.
>>
>> What if you have a copper feeder, and TWO stranded wires?
>> --
>> Mark Lloyd
>
>Wire nuts are usually rated for a range of conductors and their size. The
>ones I use do not require twisting the wires first. just lay them side by
>side and screw the wire nut on .
>
>It is no problem to put 3 or 4 wires in the same wire nut if it is the
>proper size.
>

Too simple for you?

I was asking about connecting TWO stranded wires to one solid one
using a wire nut.
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"Properly read, the Bible is the most potent
force for atheism ever conceived." -- Isaac Asimov

Posted by John Grabowski on February 28, 2008, 5:03 pm

> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:30:32 -0500, "Ralph Mowery"
>
>>
>>Smallest size that will hold a 14 ga solid wire.
>>>>ighly twist the strands of the stranded. Then using serious linesmens'
>>>>pliers,
>>>>twist the stranded and the 14 ga feeder, then wire nut the two.
>>>
>>> What if you have a copper feeder, and TWO stranded wires?
>>> --
>>> Mark Lloyd
>>
>>Wire nuts are usually rated for a range of conductors and their size. The
>>ones I use do not require twisting the wires first. just lay them side by
>>side and screw the wire nut on .
>>
>>It is no problem to put 3 or 4 wires in the same wire nut if it is the
>>proper size.
>>
>
> Too simple for you?
>
> I was asking about connecting TWO stranded wires to one solid one
> using a wire nut.


Twist each stranded wire over the solid one at a time using pliers. Get the
first layer good and tight before twisting on the next one.


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