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Jeff Wible · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Lever Connectors For Electrical

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Thanks Jeff, Never heard of them so I had to go to You tube to investigate

https://youtu.be/rM4RmGzngHk?si=5v6i_3x7Ji7myDyB

Jeff Wible · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Yea Art, I bought the cheaper ones from Amazon. I bought these inline ones and also the three way ones. They are really nice and make quick work. Easy to inspect once in a while also. Just flip the lever and pull the wire out. Apparently these have been around for a long time? Ha,Ha..I've been out of touch with the times I guess. I'm gonna leave one exposed to the weather for a few months and then smack it with a hammer to see how it looks inside. They have copper contacts so they should be goo for a while?

Jeff

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C3LBWSTZ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

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Jeff Wible wrote:
Yea Art, I bought the cheaper ones from Amazon. I bought these inline ones and also the three way ones. They are really nice and make quick work. Easy to inspect once in a while also. Just flip the lever and pull the wire out. Apparently these have been around for a long time? Ha,Ha..I've been out of touch with the times I guess. I'm gonna leave one exposed to the weather for a few months and then smack it with a hammer to see how it looks inside. They have copper contacts so they should be goo for a while?
Jeff

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C3LBWSTZ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

They are cheap, I bought the 15-piece set. My battery and valves are in a toolbox. Let's see how they hold up to bleach. My wire nuts corrode out.

Jeff Wible · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Yea, I figure to inspect them periodically. I bought the 60 piece set for $10. I'll just replace routinely. Once a month? We shall see.

Jeff

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Hi Jeff, Just playing around with them. I just noticed they lock together. You can make a circuit board out of them. I was thinking a plastic Elec. switch plate. Just glue them on to it.

Jeff Wible · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Yea, Art that's a neat idea. I didn't know they locked together. I used them a few times so far for a few different things, they sure make quick work of a job. I'm going to be checking them periodically to see how they hold up to the elements we see. They're so easy to swap though, if the wire corrodes, just snip , strip and make a new connection. The "better" ones are called Wago and look like they take up less room it that matters. I'll use these cheap ones for now.

Jeff

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I just used some of the connecters, added a little Dielectric grease. Just in case!

Jeff Wible · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Yea, good idea on the dielectric grease. I actually forgot. Easy enough to redo these connections though.
I like dialectric grease, but dang is that stuff slippery. Ha, Ha...

Jeff

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Not liking the Wago brand, They are drying out, and the switch brakes. I'm going to try the other brand. I need one that can handle a thicker wire also

Jeff Wible · Approved Exterior Cleaner

The Wago seem to be the popular, more expensive brand. They take up less space as far as I can tell from pictures. I used the ones I put in the picture, and they seem fine so far. They have a use range between 28-12 gauge, which for me covers all I need.

Jeff

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I bought 10 of these Wagos. they say they are updating them. this is a newer version, i think

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Admin wrote:
I bought 10 of these Wagos. they say they are updating them. this is a newer version, i think

No Go Jeff, Not catching the wire . I have ti investigate more

Jeff Wible · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Wow,.yea, that seems weird.

Jeff

Jeff Wible · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Hey Art, after the last 5 months, I can say I really like these things. I was going over some of the connecting yesterday to see if any of the wires were corroded,...they all looked like when I put them in, even though they get wet. I think the fact that they also get to dry out maybe keeps the corrosion from happening? Either way, very happy to have found these things. Make's wiring really simple, and also easy to re-do when necessary.

(I didn't use dielectric grease on purpose, after thinking about it, I thought, "Hey they're so easy to check and re-do if necessary, I'll give it a go without the grease as an experiment)

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Jeff Wible wrote:
Hey Art, after the last 5 months, I can say I really like these things. I was going over some of the connecting yesterday to see if any of the wires were corroded,...they all looked like when I put them in, even though they get wet. I think the fact that they also get to dry out maybe keeps the corrosion from happening? Either way, very happy to have found these things. Make's wiring really simple, and also easy to re-do when necessary.

(I didn't use dielectric grease on purpose, after thinking about it, I thought, "Hey they're so easy to check and re-do if necessary, I'll give it a go without the grease as an experiment)

I'm always in a rush with these things and I use all different gage wire. Over the winter I need to go over everything and fix things to make changes

Jeff Wible · Approved Exterior Cleaner

These things are a winner. I will be using them for sure going forward. There was no corrosion of the wires to speak of. That surprised me. And these things make it so nice for swapping electrics. Way better than anything I've ever used.

Jeff