Re: gEDA-user: Contact reliability

[Ales Hvezda <ahvezda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:38:44 +0000
From: Colin Ager <cager@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Bert Douglas wrote:

>>>
>>>  Ugh.  I despise wire nuts.
>>
>>
>>
>> What does the wire nut do? Is it a plastic cap that protects the twisted
>> place against untwisting?
>>
>> Cl<
>>
>
> It is used for wiring of power inside buildings.
> It is a copper-plated helical steel spring, inside of a piece of
> plastic with one open end.
>
These used to be available in the UK in the 50's and before under the
name "Scruitt" and were moulded in one piece in ceramic with a tapering
female screw formed inside.. I don't think they would be acceptable for
house wiring these days ;-)

Colin Ager  Garbolisham  Norfolk  UK