An electrician told me by word of mouth the proper way to apply wire nuts is:
1) Twist the wires in the direction of twisting on the wire nuts. 2) Twist the wire nut onto the wires. 3) Wrap electrical tape around the wires and nut in the direction the wire nut was twisted to secure the wire nut. I have no idea if this is standard practice, but it sounds as though something you should look for in high vibration environments if wire nuts are used. Regards, Doug Jack Cook wrote: > > There is one factor which I haven't seen mentioned in the discussion. > > I believe the original query stated that the connector(s) would involve > a motor. If so, wouldn't there be some concern about vibration? This > isn't my field but I'd be reluctant to use wire nuts under those > conditions unless I could find expert assurances that such connections > are still safe. > > Regards, > Jack Cook, > Xerox Corp
