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Originally posted by sparky66wv:
Ironically, I do "pretwist" stranded wire...

But I twist them with my fingers to insure a good start on the wirenut...

If more than two wires are being joined, and all are solid, I use the no-twist method, if stranded is involved, it will get wrapped around a solid, but such as in the case of light fixtures, I usually pigtail so that the #16 stranded only has to mate up with 1 #14 or #12 solid.

The stranded wires need to be stripped a little longer and the stranded end needs to catch the WireNut spring first to insure a quality connection.

That's sort of the technique I developed and it could be completely wrong... [Linked Image]
Hi again from an informed DIY'er...I am happy to see that I follow the practices of a lot of you out there, where my experience permits, but, man, those little #16's on light fixtures irritate the #@%&$ out of me-I have changed out old fixtures for many people, and found the stranded 'zip' cord to be brittle and discoloured-no apparent problems with the wiring methods, it appears to be simply age. Why do they use this stuff? Appearances?