see, that kind of safety risk with cutted strands can't appear when only using solid. Wirenuts even cut into the solid wires, but a stranded wire with the outer strands cut off can be pulled out of the nut. a solid wire is held good because of the cut.

the u-boats are what i meant with the brass cube. and using them with stranded not-ferruled wires is really a safety risk IMO.

[This message has been edited by :andy: (edited 10-19-2003).]