Split Bolts vs Wire Nuts on the Roof [RE-wrenches]

[Jeff Clearwater]

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Hey Ray,

Yes for sure if you can avoid a splice device at all, that's the way to go.

Ive seen many more wire nuts with corrosion in them and a few where 
the plastic separated from the spring inside.

But with two folks reporting split-bolt failures - you do have my 
attention.  I just checked on some I did 5 years ago and they are as 
tight as the day we put them in.  No corrosion, (wet climate).

Any one else?

And on a more minor note:

At 1:56 PM -0700 12/6/04, Ray Walters wrote:
>(Trying cutting apart a taped split bolt to get a voltage reading 
>for instance)

I simply poke my Fluke probe right through the tape and mastic.  The 
whole fills back up with a little massaging of the mastic.

jc

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