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Solid to Stranded?
- Thread starter PJorgen
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Chuckster in NJ
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YES, you can splice stranded to solid wire as long as it is the same gauge………. I suggest using WAGO connectors but wire nuts also would work.
YES, you can splice stranded to solid wire as long as it is the same gauge………. I suggest using WAGO connectors but wire nuts also would work.
The UL listed combinations for most of Ideal's wire nuts have no such restriction about same gauge. It's perfectly acceptable to connect a smaller stranded wire (as you might find inside a listed luminaire) to a larger solid wire or vice versa, assuming the combination is suitable for the connector.
In general, when joining stranded to solid, strip the stranded wire a little longer and lead it ahead of the solid wire. I usually pretwist for these, and then put the nut on after I"m sure the wires are actually twisted together solidly.[/QUOTE]
wyliesdiesels
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no such requirement as long as the breaker or overcurrent protection is rated for the smallest gauge building wire on the circuit.YES, you can splice stranded to solid wire as long as it is the same gauge………. I suggest using WAGO connectors but wire nuts also would work.
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BillK
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I sure hope so because every light fixture, ceiling fan etc. that I know of has stranded wire and it hooked to the NM in the box with wire nuts. And they are not even the same size wire.Is it OK to connect solid wire, like NM-B, to stranded, like thhn, using wire nuts?
bwringer
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Huh? The LED fixtures I've installed have tiny little stranded wires because they draw very little current (kinda the whole point of LEDs, in addition to not having to change bulbs, cool new form factors, etc,).no such requirement as long as the breaker or overcurrent protection is rated for the smallest gauge wire on the circuit.
Are the Code Cops coming for me because I didn't change the breakers to 0.5 amp, because there ain't no such thing? If they put me in NEC jail, should I beat up the largest electrician right away to establish dominance?
Specifically, "the smallest gauge of permanent building wire".no such requirement as long as the breaker or overcurrent protection is rated for the smallest gauge wire on the circuit.
Fixture taps being excluded as their product listing approves them for connection onto specific circuit branch circuit ampacities.
bwringer
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Specifically, "the smallest gauge of permanent building wire".
Fixture taps being excluded as their product listing approves them for connection onto specific circuit branch circuit ampacities.
Ah, that makes more sense.
We all know that's what Wylie meant.Ah, that makes more sense.
wyliesdiesels
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fixture wire isnt building wire. apples to oranges....Huh? The LED fixtures I've installed have tiny little stranded wires because they draw very little current (kinda the whole point of LEDs, in addition to not having to change bulbs, cool new form factors, etc,).
Are the Code Cops coming for me because I didn't change the breakers to 0.5 amp, because there ain't no such thing? If they put me in NEC jail, should I beat up the largest electrician right away to establish dominance?