Wago vs wire nuts for a quick panel swap I did yesterday

Ngl, I was always a wire nut guy but grabbed a box of Wagos for a panel swap in a tight space. Saved me like 20 minutes on one circuit alone, no twisted pairs fighting me in a cramped box. Anyone else made the switch and not looked back?

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blake69121d ago

Jumped into a Wago only job about a year ago for similar reasons. Started with a big commercial job where every junction box was packed tighter than a sardine can. The real hack nobody talks about is how much easier troubleshooting gets. With wire nuts you gotta untwist everything to test a single conductor, but with Wagos you just pop the lever and grab your probe. Plus if you make a mistake wiring a switch or outlet you can swap wires around without cutting and stripping anything again. The only downside is they cost a bit more up front but the time saved makes up for it fast. Long term they stay put too, no loose connections from vibrations like some folks worry about.

perry.evan20d ago

Yeah I gotta push back a little on that @blake691. I've been doing this for a while and I still don't trust those things for anything that's going to see a lot of vibration, like near a compressor or a motor. Yeah they're convenient for testing and swapping wires but I've seen the levers pop off if you bump them the wrong way inside a tight box. And when they fail they fail all at once, you don't get the slow warnin' you get from a wire nut getting loose over time. Not saying they're garbage, they have their place, but I wouldn't call them better across the board.