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Unpopular opinion: I stopped using Wagos for everything after a service call gone wrong
Back in 2022 I was all about Wago lever nuts for every junction box I touched. Fast and clean. Then I had a call at a house off Pine Street where a 3-year-old bathroom fan kept tripping. Opened the box and one of those Wagos had a loose lever that just didn't hold the wire anymore. Switched back to twisting and wire nuts for lights and fans since then. Do you trust lever connectors for high-vibration spots or am I being too cautious?
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joseph_baker4mo ago
Yeah @david_fisher37 has a point there. Those thermal tests show enough to make me picky about lever connectors near motors or fans too.
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david_fisher374mo ago
Read an electrician forum post a few months back where a guy tested them with a thermal camera. Lever connectors showed more heat spots under heavy load than a good wire nut twist. Not a huge difference but enough to make me picky about where I use them. For lighting circuits I still twist and nut. Safer for stuff that rattles like ceiling fans.
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