Interesting looking product

[ban-all-sheds]

I wonder if they'll put it into production and sell it in Europe.

 

[stillp]

An in-line version of wire nuts!

 

[JohnW2]

An in-line version of wire nuts!

Possibly. Does anyone know what is (or may be) inside those plastic housings? Are they perhaps spring-loaded push-in connectors (like in our 'MF' JBs), with the screw bits at the end for strain relief?

Kind Regards, John

 

[TonyW2]

Where from? With heat shrink would they be better/easier than crimps?

 

[PBC_1966]

Does anyone know what is (or may be) inside those plastic housings? Are they perhaps spring-loaded push-in connectors (like in our 'MF' JBs), with the screw bits at the end for strain relief?

From the product description:

Ease of Installation: The Melni connector is easy to use. Just insert the stripped cable, twist the end caps to tighten the patented spiral insert, and then tighten the waterproofing caps.

It does sound as though it's something like the spiral spring in Wire Nuts, although whether each conductor is held in a different part or the conductors overlap and it tightens around both simultaneously isn't clear,

 

[Jackrae]

Doubt that's a "real" photograph, the cpc is at least as heavy as the line cores

 

[Taylortwocities]

Doubt that's a "real" photograph, the cpc is at least as heavy as the line cores

According to the web site the product is "in development" designed to make joins in ROMEX® brand NM cable - seems to be US stuff.
If you Google NM cable you'll see that all of the cores appear to be of equal csa.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Doubt that's a "real" photograph, the cpc is at least as heavy as the line cores

Well, I can't cut the sheath that neatly.

 

[securespark]

You haven't got a laser Stanley knife!

 

[Taylortwocities]

You need a pair of these http://www.southwiretools.com/tools/tools/SNM1012

 

[ban-all-sheds]

 

[ban-all-sheds]

An in-line version of wire nuts!

Possibly.

Or possibly not.

Does anyone know what is (or may be) inside those plastic housings? Are they perhaps spring-loaded push-in connectors (like in our 'MF' JBs), with the screw bits at the end for strain relief?

Dunno about those small ones, but the big ones are like this:

 

[PBC_1966]

If you Google NM cable you'll see that all of the cores appear to be of equal csa.

That picture certainly looks like a graphic representation, but yes, the ground wire in NM cable is the same size as the other conductors in sizes up to 10 AWG. This example (hastily stripped to show the construction, hence not a nice neat trimming of the sheath!) is #12 size:

Smaller grounds were used in NM cable up until the late 1960's, and are still used in #8 and larger.

 

[EFLImpudence]

You need a pair of these

Even so -

 

[JohnW2]

Possibly.

Or possibly not.

Is that not what "possibly" means?

Kind Regards, John