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" <b...@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 <jerrysgarag...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Wrenches > Better pic > > On Sep 5, 2016 4:52 PM, "Jerry Shafer" <jerrysgarag...@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> > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches. > org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches. > org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > >
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