[RE-wrenches] Wire nuts

[Jerry Shafer]

All the other nuts are tight so l cant not say it was or not but l see this
alot and this was one that was caught just at the right time.
Jerry

On Sep 6, 2016 8:44 AM, "Benn Kilburn" <benn at skyfireenergy.com> wrote:

> Jerry,
> Can you confirm that this was caused by a failure of the wire nut, itself,
> and not due to user error (not properly stripping enough jacket,  inserting
> even length wires and sufficiently twisting on the wire nut)
>
> Benn Kilburn
> SkyFire Energy Inc.
> 780-906-7807
>
> On Sep 6, 2016, at 12:32 PM, Jerry Shafer <jerrysgarage01 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Wrenches
> Better pic
>
> On Sep 5, 2016 4:52 PM, "Jerry Shafer" <jerrysgarage01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> To my fellow wrenches
>> It comes up every so often and with DC, I will not use, approve or pass
>> any wire nuts on any DC side. Some say its OK but the facts are they will
>> fail, this connection was just six years and when l opened the junction box
>> it was glowing and by the looks of it has for some time. There are 8
>> strings 2 per string and thats a 12.5 % failure rate (the other one was
>> completely distroyed) not to mention the fire hazard in a PVC junction box.
>> Please pass this along and tell everyone to stop using these.
>> Jerry
>>
> <2016-09-06 08.29.40.jpg>
>
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