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Originally Posted by Malsua

When we were building out a factory in Saarbrucken Germany around 2009, we had to bring everything to get the manufacturing equipment installed. This of course, included a massive assortment of wire nuts.

The very first piece of equipment we installed needed a 240v drop so we wired it in. Because of "German safety law" everything requires an inspection by a licensed German electrician. Even basic stuff.

Anyway, he opened the panel and had a heart attack. WIRE NUTS! WIRE NUTS ARE A FIRE HAZARD! I swear if he could have run around with his hands in the air screeching, he would have.

Anyway, one of the local electricians came over, gave us a pile of Wagos and we wired the rest with Wagos. I've been wiring EVERYTHING I touch with Wagos since then. I probably have 500 of the various ones in my van right this moment.

I know how to properly use wirenuts, i.e. the wirenut is really nothing more than a cover and the twisting is the proper connection. That said, when you have a solid and a stranded, it's 100% better to use Wagos. Pretty much every light fixture and fan has stranded, every supply wire is solid.

When pushing them back into a fixture, it may be sometimes prudent to tape the lever down but beyond that, it's a better, more consistent connection.

I first used them when I replaced my garbage disposal. Way too easy to wire up. I/m big fan of wago’s I did have one end pull out on 12v due to wire was stretched too tight when tray was put back in pushing down on it. Only problem it had and it was my fault.