Posted on 02 December 2010. Tags: electrical connectors, Electrical Wiring, Hellermann-Tyton HelaCon Connectors, Ideal Industries, marette connectors, Marr connectors, twist-on connectors, twist-on wire connector, UL, universal wire connector, wing-nut, wire capacity, wire connector, wire nut, Wire termination
All about twist-on wire connectors:Who doesn’t have some twist-on connectors in their toolbox or somewhere in their garage? These things are like nails or cable ties; everybody’ s got them. They were made very popular in the world of wire termination by Ideal Industries, under the famous name of “Wire-Nut”®. They are meant to fasten two or more electrical conductors together.
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Posted in Cable Management, Product Reviews
Posted on 29 October 2010. Tags: Cable Connections, Cable Connectors, HelaCon Series, Hellermann-Tyton HelaCon Connectors, Multi-port connector units, Push-in Wire Connectors, Wire management
When Dan Martin, VP of Sales at Hellermann Tyton, came to visit 2 weeks ago, armed with his HelaCon Plus color coded push-in wire connectors, naturally I got excited. As you can see on the picture, they look like candy and the shell is transparent. Unlike other connectors, you can visualy identify and inspect your wire connections in seconds.
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