[gilbequick]

Blue wirenuts are only good for (3) #8's.

Well shoot, I thought so but can't find the info to back that up :/

 

[Ultrafault]

I know. I did the calc in my head the other and I think the box will hold all of the wires but when you insert the ground into the calc it is overfilled.

How deep are your boxes?

 

[blueheels2]

2 1/8. I also have an mwbc passing through the box as well which increases fill.

WHips= 6 wires x 3=18
mwbc=4 wires x 3=12
mwbc pass through 4 wires=12
=42 cubic in which is legal in 4 11/16 until you add 2.5 cu in for the ground. Granted I think I only have this problem in 20 or 30 of my boxes (Doing a final count on Tuesday). But if I have to use insulated taps I may want extensions on all of them.

 

[MHElectric]

Blue wirenuts are only good for (3) #8's.

But I thought once you gave it a couple turns with your channel locks, they become listed for "as-many-as-you-can-fit".....!? :shifty:

 

[WhitehouseRT]

How about 500's???

 

[wcord]

Too lazy to do a cross reference, but Bucannon 2011 will do 2#6 , should handle 3#8s .
Just have to find something for the 4 #8s

 

[varmit]

Some brand of preinsulated "Polaris" type connector will be the fastest/cheapest way to do this. These connectors will take up a lot of box space and with the number of conductors, a larger box would save some aggravation.

 

[hardworkingstiff]

How about 500's???

What's the 411 on this picture?

 

[madbubba]

LOL wire nuts I thought these were called Marrette's?

 

[blueheels2]

I was looking online and it appears one polaris will run about 25.00. I've never bought any. Is that what you guys pay. Seems high.

 

[ghostwriter]

Expensive and take up a lot of room

For 4 #8 awg conductors, I would look at a Panduit PSCBRN-L

I show them around $2.00 a piece.

http://datasheet.octopart.com/CD-2001-2-Panduit-datasheet-13762258.pdf

Hopefully you have a crimp tool.

Ghost

 

[blueheels2]

Thanks! I'll have to get with the pm and discuss some options. I had no idea a polaris or a comparable item were so much money.