There is a sort of screw on plastic device that electritions often use to connect two (or more) wires. What is this called?
They’re generally called wire connectors. Sometimes referred to as wire nuts.
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Hm, thanks. For some reason, someone in my group at work called them miretes (sp?). Not sure what he was referring to then.
Oh, hold the phone. They’re also known as a Marrette (brand name I think).
See crowmanycloud’s link.
Wire-nut is the Ideal Industries trade name, Marrette is the Thomas and Betts trade name for twist on wire connectors.
From that link:
I have never wanted to live abroad more than I do right now.
Marrette seems to be the popular name for the things in Canada.
To me, they’ve always been wire nuts.
I have no idea if this is because Thomas & Betts is more commonly sold in Canada than in the US, or if it’s just a regionalism like “pop” vs “soda” when referring to carbonated soft drinks.
In the UK they are called chock-blocks
I’ve always called those “terminal strips”.
Whatever you call them, they aren’t the same thing as a wire nut.
that would be a plastic screw down device not a plastic screw on device if using the terms for those parts in the USA.
Me too.
I’m in Canada and marrette is almost a universal term here. I’ve never heard anyone ask for a wire nut.
Yep terminal strips would be correct.
In Orstralea they’re called BP connectors… and a terminal strip has no plastics at all., it’s generally a brass strip with a bunch of terminal screws. Usually for linking your Earths, Neutrals or MEN’s…
We always call them “sugarlumps”
For some reason, I read all this in my head in Grandpa Simpson’s voice.
Back in MY day, when a sugarlump was called a chock block, we’d connect the wires with a pair o’ nuts. Cashews we used, on account a we couldn’t use walnuts after the kaiser stole ‘em all, but we called them marrettes, that being the fashion of the day…where was I?.. anyway, we invented cars before we invented roads so we had a lot of extra tires layin’ around…[/Abe Simpson]
You lost points for not mentioning wearing an onion in your belt (which was the fashion at the time).
I deserve it. 