2 BRILLIANT Splicing Devices Many Believe Will Replace WAGOs!

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  @HowToHomeDIY · 2 years ago · pinned

  So out of curiosity, which wire connector do you think is best?  What are you using now?  For convenience, there are links to all of them in the video description so you can check them out for yourself!

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• WA

  @Waterford-d69p · 2 years ago (edited)

  I'm never going back to wirenuts after using wagos. There are so many advantages of the lever design.

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• JO

  @JohnD-JohnD · 2 years ago

  The Orange Blue wire nut can not safely handle (5) #12 wires like the Wago can. - You would need the red/yellow version which is larger.<br>I really do enjoy working with lever nuts. Quicker and easier to make modifications, and you can re-use them.

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• WI

  @Wild_Lee_Coyote · 2 years ago

  One of the benefit of Wago and other lever nuts over the wing nuts is in rewiring a box. &nbsp;A twisted wing nut does just that, twists the wire. &nbsp;If you have to add a wire or remove one, you end up with a twisted wire that you have to try and straighten before it can be reused. It’s very hard to do when your wire doesn’t quite reach outside the box. &nbsp;Having a Wago means you can still connect it without the wire getting all bent and twisted. &nbsp;It also makes adding or removing a wire very easy.

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• NA

  @na-sonf6878 · 1 year ago

  I want to thank YOU for introducing me to WAGO many many years ago, once i saw your video about them, i ordered a bunch. &nbsp;Ever since then, if i had to do any electrical work at the home, i replaced the constructor&apos;s wire nuts with WAGO.

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• SO

  @SoCalVipers · 1 year ago

  I can&apos;t believe I just discovered WAGOs a few weeks ago. &nbsp;I used a few to swap out a dumb light switch for a smart light switch. &nbsp;There were 4 neutrals in one wire nut, and I needed to add a 5th for the smart switch. &nbsp;The 5-hole WAGO made it really easy - especially since the smart switch used stranded wire. &nbsp;I also splurged and bought a Klein Tools wire stripper that that separates the insulation automatically. &nbsp;Life is good when you are willing to give up some old ways of doing things sometimes.

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• PA

  @paulsccna2964 · 1 year ago

  Spent a few days doing the electrical wiring in my garage this summer. I started using traditional wire nuts. Ordered the WAGO connectors, removed all the nuts I was using and finished all the outlets, lights and switches in record fast time. I will never use wire nuts again, anytime I can avoid them. The WAGO connects, plus stab from behind outlets, made installation so much easier and quicker. Also using the pig-tail technique, all my outlets and lights, looked so much neater in the box.

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• MA

  @marwerno · 1 year ago (edited)

  Push in on solid strands. You can do the same with the Wago... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TM82BxVNe0&amp;t=420">7:00</a> The leveral on the Wago point backwards when you push them into an enclosure, so you push them close, only when you would pull on them the lever could open. The blue ones, if you push them into somewhere the lever points forward and can catch much easier...

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• DR

  @drnmd · 2 years ago

  At my job I got my boss to start using the Ideal 5 port and two port for when we replace fast acting fume hood damper actuators. We have so many that wear out and having to untangle the wires in a wire nut to remove just one of them is a pain. Now we flip the lever, take out the one wire without disturbing the other 4 common wires, and swap in the new one. Especially when the actuator is in an awkward position in the ceiling. Never going back.

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• LU

  @LuminairPrime · 1 year ago

  I agree with this video, either of those lever nuts are way better than regular wire nuts. Not only are the levers more fool-proof, they&apos;re also easier to upgrade in the future. I&apos;ve replaced lots of switches and outlets multiple times as technology has changed, and every time it&apos;s fast and easy because I can just open and close a lever nut, and I know the result will work. I never want to twist and untwist and straighten and have a wire fly out of a regular wire nut / marrette ever again.

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• JO

  @johng.4959 · 2 years ago

  Fantastic review! &nbsp;Both the WAGO and IDEAL connectors are great. &nbsp;I&apos;ve seen these used more and more and they are super helpful when hanging lighting fixtures. &nbsp;GREAT review and presentation! 👍👍👍

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• TA

  @tamer1773 · 2 years ago

  Much as I like the Wagos I had one open up when installing a recessed ceiling light. &nbsp;It was the only one that failed to light when we powered them on and it took less than a minute to find the loose wire, but I learned to be more careful when folding wires into the box.

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