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Why does nobody talk about wire nuts stripping out on 10 gauge
Spent 45 minutes trying to get a red wire nut to hold on three 10s in a j-box today, kept spinning loose no matter how hard I twisted. Learned the hard way that you gotta pretwist the copper tails on anything over 12 gauge or you're just wasting time - anyone else run into this?
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felix15515d agoProlific Poster
Learned that same lesson the hard way myself.
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charles_coleman15d ago
Bought a cheap tool to fix this once and ended up making the problem ten times worse. Had to call in a pro anyway and pay double what the fix would've cost in the first place. Some lessons just stick with you.
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