323
My Wago connectors arrived
(thelemmy.club)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2026
323 points (97.9% liked)
Dullsters
1477 readers
147 users here now
Inspired by the Dull Men’s Club.
1. Relevant commentary on your own dull life. Posts should be about your own dull, lived experience. This is our most important rule. Direct questions, random thoughts, comment baiting, advice seeking, many uses of “discuss” rarely comply with this rule.
2. Original, Fresh, Meaningful Content.
3. Avoid repetitive topics.
4. This isn't an advice forum
Use a search engine, a tradesperson, Reddit, friends, a specialist Facebook group, apps, Wikipedia, an AI chat, a reverse image search etc. to answer simple questions or identify objects. Also see rule 1, “comment baiting”.
There are a number of content specific communities with subject matter experts who can help you.
Some other communities to consider before posting:
5. Keep it dull. If it puts us to sleep, it’s on the right track. Examples of likely not dull: jokes, gross stuff (including toes), politics, religion, royalty, illness or injury, killing things for fun, or promotional content. Feel free to post these elsewhere.
6. No hate speech, sexism, or bullying No sexism, hate speech, degrading or excessively foul language, or other harmful language. No othering or dehumanizing of anyone or negativity towards any gender identity.
7. Proofread before posting. Use good grammar and punctuation. Avoid useless phrases. Some examples: - starting a post with “So” - starting a post with pointless phrases, like “I hope this is allowed” or “this is my first post” Only share good quality, cropped images. Do not share screenshots of images; share the original image.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Get ready to have to explain to every other person that they don't cause fires/melt and are actually safer than wire nuts. Then still have to listen to that one electrician "well actually, this one time, when wiring for a band camp...."
That attitude is going away. The elechickens are adotpting them because they are faster to use than a correctly installed wire nut. And time is money. Plus, there is less callback rework because some apprentice screwed up the wire nuts in that one box.
I think the biggest selling point is no more floating neutrals with poorly installed wire nuts. If it's in and locked down, it's good.
There's always someone who knows a guy who knows a guy who's son's ex-wife's piano teacher from 3rd grade's dog who LITERALLY DIED because of [thing that's been proven safe time and time again] and the doctor/emt/firefighter/cop/lawyer/pope SAID they would BE ALIVE if they had been doing EXACT OPPOSITE of safe!
I just interrupt people who start with that by saying "no you don't and if they told you that then they're lying to you" because no you absolutely did not hear an EMT say not to wear a seat belt because they're actually more dangerous, somehow.
Some electricians are still installing solid aluminum wiring in new builds in southern Arizona. Due to the heat the sheathing contracts, exposing the bare wire inside the electrical box. Fairly recently a new development essentially burned down before they even finished building it.
Just because they're an electrician doesn't mean they actually know what they're doing.