Which way do you splice wires? WAGO 221 vs WIRE NUTS? | Electrical #shorts from eFIXX

Which way do you join wires? - WAGO 221

In Europe, the Wago 221 is the go-to method for joining wires. Across the pond, our friends in the USA are still divided.

WAGO 221s carry ENEC, UL and PSE approvals.

Check out this video for a full review of the Wago 221 series connectors

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00:00​ Wire Nut
00:21 Wago
00:40 Can you re-use wire nuts?

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[benscott]

I just unscrew the wire nut and reuse it.

[abherbitter]

I feel like he cut the wirenut off just to rustle jimmies so everyone would rush to the comments section and tell him that was dumb so it boots the engagement for his video. Big brain time.

[habiblee]

I'm an electrician for 4 years and to this day didn't know I could push the solid wire without opening the lever lol

[vcl]

I just completely replace my entire town's electrical system when a wire breaks, just for good measure

[stevenpadilla]

After several hundred joints in a row with wire nuts, them wagos start sounding like a good idea

[shikarics]

Why am I watching this before the bed at 2? I'm not even an electrician.

[gtafangmail]

No electrician EVER cuts a wire nut off.

[worldbmx]

Been an electrician for 9 yrs, didn't know until this video that I could actually just stick in those solids into the Wago without opening it first. I mean now that I think about it, it really is obious that it should work! You learn something new every day!

[bhines]

I’m an American electrician and I have to say euro electricians are a step above. Really enjoy watching euro work.

[moltenhydrogen]

this the kind of person to buy a new car when it gets dirty

[spazmccoy]

I was at an electrician convention a few months ago; there was a salesman for Wago there. In talking to him, I learned it's actually pronounced "Wah-go" versus "Way-go" like I had been saying for years. Mind shattered.

[JamesBrohard]

This guy is an expert level troller. He checks all the boxes in the Youtube algorithms.

[Froggability]

In my country wire nuts illegal, someone recently fined 2000$ for using them

[parmindersagoo]

I have been using wagos since launch, best thing ever invented making electricians life easy, the young one won’t remember crimp connectors and pliers, they have it easy these days..lol

[drunkkmachine]

*angry north american electrician noises*

[benjaminkline]

The best advice given to me was that the nut doesn't make the connection, the nut caps the connection. Twist them then cap them

[fredashay]

Wirenuts for permanent connections like inside a junction box or an outlet or switch box (I also wrap wirenuts in tape).
Wagos for things that might be replaced from time to time, like ceiling fixtures, or work shops that are reconfigured frequently.

[TehBIGrat]

In New Zealand Joins are done with Screw terminals and secured in an accessible jbox, Switches and Sockets have all the nessasary screw terminals available to accommodate any nessasary joins.

[AndyK.]

I’m sure you could just unscrew the nut and reuse it.

[colinzimmermann]

For solid conductors, we usually use Wago 2273 in Germany.