The ones with the skirt are packed with silicone. Once you twist it on the wires, the silicone cures and that's why you can only use it once.
I like the tan Ideals for most work, but the red wire nuts take over if I need something bigger. I wish there was a red wire nut shaped like the tan one. Haven't seen any yet, maybe they're out there.
Those Scotchloks make people want a Scotch on the Rocks, because they are the most annoying wire nut I've ever seen. Not only can you not get them off, way too often you can't be sure if they're even ON! They act like they're stripped. Time consuming to use because you have to mess with each wire nut much longer than normal; aggravating because you get arm weary twisting and twisting to get it on or off, never sure if it's on and unable to get it off; and dangerous because while you're removing one, twisting and tugging, the wire nut can violently rip off the wires and then the wire ends can arc on the box or fixture, or the lineman's can go through the insulation, or the wire can short out where it enters the box or fixture.
Come on, Scotchlok - come up with a good design and bury that one! Better yet, send those wire nuts to the middle east, etc. and pawn them off to an already feuding group of societies. Those wire nuts will push them into a frenzy of violence that will solve all the middle eastern problems once and for all!
There's a new wire nut I tried, it's the Cadillac of wire nuts, red and tan colored, I can't remember the brand. Really nice. Can anybody tell me what brand and model that is?
[This message has been edited by Spark Master Flash (edited 10-23-2003).]
