tlmartin84
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My question is regarding the style and romex...not the brand.
If not what would be???
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Are these crimp lugs acceptable on 6-2 stranded romex?
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My question is regarding the style and romex...not the brand.
If not what would be???
whateg01
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My real beef with them is the import stuff on Amazon tends to be very thin. So whether it would hold its shape over time, and thus keep a good connection is pretty sus.
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tlmartin84
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These are beefy, I use them on automotive.
My question is regarding the style and romex...not the brand.
mike93lx
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They are for finely stranded wire. Not romex
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tlmartin84
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Is there a suitable crimp terminal for stranded romex?
mike93lx
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Yes, stuff like this. They require hydraulic crimpers
What is your application?
Something like this may be more practical
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tlmartin84
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Thank you very much. A lug like that will work perfectly.Yes, stuff like this. They require hydraulic crimpers
What is your application?
Something like this may be more practical
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tlmartin84
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I need it for an old fuse panel.
wyliesdiesels
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odd fuse panel in building wiring to need a ring terminal. have a pic?
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tlmartin84
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The old sub panel lug was corroded, and I am unable to remove the set screw from it. I was going to remove it, drill the rivet out of the bus bar, and replace it with a bolt and lug.
I know you guys will frown at it, but at this point it is all that can be done.
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tlmartin84
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It is similar to this:
You could replace it
mike93lx
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Is this a new circuit that you are adding to the sub?
Especially being a sub, replacement should not be super difficult, and if one lug is corroded, I'd imagine other stuff is corroded/worn out too
A small sub is not expensive
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tlmartin84
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It isn't a sub, and our power company said it would be after the first of the year before a disconnect/reconnect could be done.
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tlmartin84
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It isn't a sub, and our power company said it would be after the first of the year before a disconnect/reconnect could be done.
Basically that is what I am trying to do, is create a small sub panel to take the load off of the old box, until we can get a new service installed.
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tlmartin84
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The wiring from the "where the weather head should be" to the fuse panel worries me worse than the fuse panel.
nadogail
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Romex Branded cable 6 AWG Stranded is a "new one" on me.
OK, but that's not the question......
You said it was a sub....
Half-assing a fix likely isn't any better then what you currently have going on
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tlmartin84
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Look man, I never said sub. I said sub panel lug----the lug that feeds the sub panel off of the main panel.
Secondly I am not arguing with you on a forum over this. It needs completely redone. This isn't a fix, it is temporary until we can completely redo it.
I guess in your everything is perfect world, it is better for someone to not have heat, or power for months than a temporary fix, that is most likely better than what was there.
We can patch it up, and try to have heat, or disconnect it and use kerosene heaters, pick your poison.
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tlmartin84
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Man, honestly the less we touch at this point the better off we are....
I am afraid to touch the wire going in and coming out. it is cloth covered and half rotten. The more that it is moved/messed with the worse it is going to make it.
I am going to feed a breaker off of the sub panel lugs/bus bar and move on until we can completely redo it all.
mike93lx
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I hear you. Can't always rip it out and start fresh and it sounds like you know what needs to eventually happen. Just be careful to not let temporary become the new permanent
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tlmartin84
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It is all coming out soon as possible.
reader2580
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That is crazy that it takes that long to schedule a disconnect/reconnect. I guess there are benefits of being a member of a 170,000 member CO-OP. I recall it was a week or so out to disconnect/reconnect power. They would have no problem doing the disconnect almost immediately for a situation that can't wait. I ran several hours past my scheduled reconnect time, but they said just call the power outage line, and they would send the night shift crew over to reconnect.
manwithtools
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Gail, 6 ga NM as stranded is pretty common these days. Typically anything 8 ga and larger is likely to be stranded.
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mike93lx
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I don't think you can get 8 in solid.
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tlmartin84
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MUCH easier to work with!
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tlmartin84
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I put in a request on 11/3 for disconnect to install a generator, and it is supposed to happen this Thursday on 12/4.
If you're disconnected on 12/4, why not prioritize the panel swap?
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tlmartin84
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It's not for the same person.
This isn't your panel with the bad lug?
wyliesdiesels
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yeah dont do that. thats just asking for a fire... youve modified it beyond the design...
wyliesdiesels
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pics?
wyliesdiesels
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Romex larger than #10 has been stranded for decades. solid #6 conductors in NM would be impossible to handle and bend inside a wall.
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tlmartin84
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I'm replacing a lug, with a lug....an actual UL Lug...
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whateg01
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I thought you were asking about a ring terminal
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