wiring joint question

The wire nut spice has to be in a (grounded) junction box, outlet box or switch box or other electrical box.

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Hello, RB! You wrote on Mon, 3 Apr 2006 16:02:41 -0500:

R> Got a 12ga wire running along under a panel in a hard to get to R> place. With R> great efforts and contortions, I can reach it to cut it and strip R> insulation R> of the cut ends.

R> What I need to do is rejoin the cut ends, and come off with an R> additional R> wire to go to a different location.

R> If there's slack, I can put the three ends together and use a wire R> nut.

R> Assuming there isn't enough slack for the wire nut trick, are there R> any neat R> little critters out there for this specific purpose? What are they R> called? R> Who has 'em?

Is this mains wiring? search google for junction box!

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called? They're called electricians. Call one before you burn your house down.

You can get some neat butt-splice connectors that don't even need you to cut the wire. They have knife blade contacts that cut through the insulation. I think they were originally created for use in automotive electrical systems, so are probably only specced for low voltage, but probably worth looking at. Try

where there's a few different types listed - look halfway down under " splice connectors ".

I seem to recall that 3M also make some gel-filled ones for more hostile environments.

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Where's the panel? In your car or truck running 12 volts? If so, there are crimp-able connectors available at home supply, electric supply stores or auto parts stores that sell that sort of thing. You can usually buy the crimper and the connectors in a kit. I usually put "ring connectors" on each wire and bolt them all up with a small nut and bolt. Then wrap it well with electrical tape and heat shrink tubing (remember to slip the tubing on before bolting and taping so you can slip it back over everything).

If it's 120 or 240 volt, then splicing is a really bad idea. Have a new line run from the breaker panel by a licensed electrician.

Great answers. Thanks.

Absolution do not use knife blade for 12 gauge!! I even dislike them for automobile use. Sooner or later they fail.