There has to be an easier way to connect these small wires to a power source/larger wire. I have found no power strips/twist ons or anything else that works reliably on anything smaller than 22. Any ideas? And by the way why can't the accessories come with at least 22ga wire? Are they saving money? Grumble Grumble Curse Complain
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There has to be an easier way to connect these small wires to a power source/larger wire. I have found no power strips/twist ons or anything else that works reliably on anything smaller than 22. Any ideas? Strip the wires long, almost an inch. finger twist together, then double over and twist again, at that point small wire nuts should bite/and hold. I use Ideal 71B small grey/tan wire nuts for this application. And by the way why can't the accessories come with at least 22ga wire? Are they saving money? Grumble Grumble Curse Complain
Link to Ideal 71B twistnut, may be the smallest available. Click on the underlined phrase.
List for: #22 to #16 AWG
Min. 2 #22
Max. 2 #16
Application chart, for the 71B wire nut, from the Ideal website.
1 #14
1 #14 w/1 #20 or #22
1 to 2 #16
1 #16 w/1 #18
1 #16 w/1 to 2 #20
1 #16 w/1 to 3 #22
1 #16 w/1 #20 w/1 #18 or #20
1 #18 str.
1 #18 w/1 to 3 #20
1 #18 w/1 to 4 #22
1 to 2 #18 w/1 #20 w/1 #22
2 to 3 #18
2 #18 w/1 #20
2 #18 w/1 to 2 #22
1 #20 w/1 to 4 #22
2 to 4 #20
2 #20 w/1 to 3 #22
3 #20 w/1 to 2 #22
4 #20 w/1 #22
2 #22 str.
3 to 4 #22
5 #22 sol
Application for a lot of DZ switch buttons.
There has to be an easier way to connect these small wires to a power source/larger wire. I have found no power strips/twist ons or anything else that works reliably on anything smaller than 22. Any ideas? And by the way why can't the accessories come with at least 22ga wire? Are they saving money? Grumble Grumble Curse Complain
Saving weight, material cost of copper, etc. if you don't need the extra size electrically. When you multiply by 100,000 it makes a difference.
I use the Euro terminal strips. You can twist the wires together and then tighten the screw.
These may work in some of your applications:
-Pete
I usually just strip some extra and double it over until it can be held with a terminal strip screw terminal. There are also the small crimp connectors the phone companies use, don't know what they are called? I guess now days the phone companies also use the ones posted above by BF166. There is also soldering and heat shrink tubing.
I use solder and shrink-wrap for small wires. It's the most compact connection method that's easily done, and many times the space is critical.
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