I just made the most cursed 3 port daisy chain, I did not know there were 5 port 😭

Yes, but I do have a box of four port push-style Wagos. I can’t explain it.

It's the only way to get into electrician Valhalla.

I just twist the wires together and masking tape them in place. Only had 3 fires this year!

Only youtube elechickens install wirenuts correctly.

Yep. Wagos are too cool for me!

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.

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.

You only needed two that time. Next time you need one, you’ve already got the whole box there ready to go.

Honestly, maybe four of the 221s, and a few others. I always succumb to the value prop and buy more than I need. They’re just much more elegant, and SO much easier to use than the twisty caps. And I like having extras of this kind of thing on hand. It’s such a good feeling when something comes up, and you’re like, “I have a thing for that!” (Like, I have a random old replacement window latch that’s been sitting in a toolbox for 20 years, and I was just messing with the latch that just broke on the bathroom window, and the light of realization shone down from on high)

Those ones are cheaper but only good for single core wires, since there's no way to turn off the pressure for the connections

The twisted together ones would break if you tried to twist them, unless you tin them of course

Solder should never be used for automotive or household wiring, or any very high current usage.

Screw terminals, crimp connectors, or wire connectors (lever nut, like the wago here, or wire nuts) should be used as appropriate.

Lots of people make the mistake of using solder when they shouldn't, and it can fail after a while, causing disconnects, heat, and/or fire.

Solder is ideal for a permanent connection. Not all connections need to be permanent. For example, installing lighting in your house where the romex is pulled, and you're needing to connect the fixture. Solder isn't used for those connections, it would be a wire nut or wago. And the wago is both more secure and easier to verify.

Solder can become a cold joint or melt. Typically with AC or cable connections you either want to use a crimp or a lever nut (wago). Replacable recepticles in houses used to use wire nuts, but Wagos give better holding force, work with stranded and solid, and you can get ones that have way more connections like a bus bar.

The superior technique is solder the strands together at the tip of the wire, then plug it into Wago so you can disconnect it easily when you need to add another wire.

Or well, crimp the ends and connect to a busbar with bolts, but that's for wires where you calculate your electricity in kilowatts.