>Why DON'T they solder household connections? Is it because they would not >be as easily disconnected and reconnected? It seems to me that things would >be safer,more reliable, and there would be less voltage drop. Actually, LESS reliable! Solder has a much higher resistance than copper which becomes significant at the currents that some household appliances require. I actually have come to believe that the spring type wire nuts (Marettes, Murettes) are FAR more reliable than any other connection I have used in the past. They just have to be installed correctly. I used to do a lot of electrical work (1 year between high school and college) - we used to use T&B Sta-Kon crimp splices. I have since seen many of those splices fail over a period of 15 years or so because they became loose (copper cold flow, I think). I have not seen this happen with a wire nut - the spring stretches while being tightened and keeps the connection under tension. Note: I have seen other brands of wire nuts without the spring - I don't use them and do not know how reliable they are. dwayne Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax Celebrating 15 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 1999) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address. My posting messages to Usenet neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email.