How to Splice Big 8-6 AWG wire *Informational purposes only* Follow listing instructions

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[@anthonylosego]

Doing this very thing tomorrow. Scrolled back 100+ videos to find this!

[@rdcd111]

Fantastic. No BS right to the point. Well Done. It's about the trade not the tradesman like so many other dragged out Videos.

[@mikemiddal6245]

Well done. I'm splicing 6 gauge wire to install a hot tub. The clear close up showing how to due the splice is much appreciated.

[@JubeX7]

That was killer. Thank you for taking the time to share it.

[@OTKP]

Thanks for this 🙏 not many videos working with 6 awg wires but this was exactly what I needed

[@bryanmize7192]

Found this as I am splicing #8 wire. Clear and concise instruction. You got a like and a subscribe. Thank you Sir.

[@benjaminmickelson7092]

That was the way a video should be! Directly to the point, and excellent video!! Thank You.

[@mstang61]

This is a big help, I had a brain fart and cut two hot wires way to short that I had just spent hours pulling from the basement to the far wall in the garage. I was going to just going to splice and wire nut them, but I'll be doing it this way.

[@jimbogdan244]

Great video. Very informative without being overly wordy. Thanks for breaking this down into a completely understandable process. Keep it up!

[@junioraleman90]

Thank you my guy came in handy, running wire underneath the house to the new laundry room.

[@shawnenser2610]

Excellent demonstration! Thanks

[@georgedennison3338]

And that's how to do it correctly. I've been doing this long enough I was taught the correct method of twisting the cables together before nutting, then suddenly it was OK not to pre-twist; "not necessary, it was said." Already being a cantankerous type by then, my response was, 'BS! That ain't right, I'll just keep pre-twisting." Then fires happened & in less than 15-20 years, it was NOW, 'You gotta pre-twist.' That was the 'No sh$t, Sherlock, moment.', as my granny used to say... LOL The only improvement to your technique I would suggest, especially for inexperienced DIY's, or those of us whose wrists scream at us after clipping a million wires & crimping 2 mil more connectors is to use wire nut sockets in a cordless drill w/ a clutch. Set the clutch low enough on big azz wires that it doesn't want to twist the insulated portion. On solid wire, I tighten the clutch, pre-twist a bit, & let the socket & drill do the work. They do a consistent, perfect job on solid copper & you can still use a knife & fork to eat dinner. Even if you're 69, pushing 70, & been pulling, twisting & bonding cable for ~50 years. GeoD

[@jamescraft2789]

This helped me out with butt connecting my hot tub from line out of the ground and into the tub. Thank you so much

[@sylvesterstewart868]

A sound mechanical connection is a sound electrical connection. Tape takes the tension off the splice, the twist makes the connection, the wirenut is only relied upon to insulate the connection. Thanks Coach.

[@dougpeters1625]

Nice work and great tips!

[@randyloftis9547]

Excellent presentation. I believe I can do it after watching the video.

[@MrKen59]

Haha - you actually said naturally come together. To the layman, #8 or #6 wire is a force to be reckoned with. You made it look WAY to easy. 😂

[@Brad410]

Thank you. I did it just like you showed.

[@Sean_y4k2l5]

Great instruction, thanks!

[@edcrego396]

thanks for showing this helped me alot

[@omar893]

Just 3 three words: Perfect Perfect Perfect. Thank you.

[@electricianhub86]

You are very welcome! Thank you!

[@bontayoglife4322]

nicely done buddy.! very neat good job

[@BLud_Bro_FoE]

Your awesome coach

[@bobfalk2896]

thanks! this video helped me out.

[@thegolfballshop]

Great Video! You made it easy to understand for us Lunkheads🤔

[@dmanzx87]

Nice helped out alot

[@wesleyrogers4545]

Thank you!

[@leochen4891]

Solid connection. Thanks

[@brownsrvlifecampground9322]

You made a very helpful video

[@spelunkerd]

Nice to see a reason for keeping tape on hand.

[@SquirrelsForAll]

Great video, super helpful. Thank you!

[@electricianhub86]

You are very welcome

[@irishsetter48]

Excellent video. Thank you for making it. I was thinking splice the strands horizontally and solder, but I prefer the wire nut method you demonstrated.

[@JohnThomas-lq5qp]

Was always told that you can not solder power wires, especially ground wires. If you use acid flux or acid core solder it will cause wires to corrode in time

[@mr.t8562]

great video. thanks

[@zocalo1990]

I loved the taping the wires together to keep them in place. Excellent idea..gracias

[@MsDaddyrabbit1]

Excellent

[@leifharmsen]

This was a big help. I can buy the 6 AWG nut but it doesn't come with instructions like that!

[@davidmcdonald7060]

thanks

[@tehias]

Great video 👍

[@electricianhub86]

Thanks for the 👍Let's go!

[@jenko701]

Split bolts good as well on the big stuff.

[@Bicyclefarms]

Beard's looking good!

[@electricianhub86]

Lol thx

[@CyberCookieMonster]

Subbed

[@bryancapes2859]

Great tutorial. I was looking for the best way to wire my trolling motor with 6 gauge wire and I think this is better than using a crimped butt splice!

[@SuperScoopydoopy]

Same here , how’s it holding up?

[@dtemp132]

Hey, you earned a subscriber, hope you can keep making videos.

[@electricianhub86]

Thank you!!

[@michellericker3972]

Same here!! I need to move the outlet for my stove!

[@danle2884]

Very good video. Btw, what size of wire connector did you use for this? Thanks.

[@k9fgdg]

Be one with the wire...;-) looks good too.

[@griffindiguardo]

Electricians everywhere (myself included) love these videos - they make us rich

[@electricianhub86]

I appreciate your kind words

[@hashishsenju2015]

What’s the correct way to splice 2 large gauge wire then? Adding a box?

[@HristovRumen]

Not sure of your issue, bubba!

[@randallpatrickc]

What an EXCELLENT video coach! Please bear with me - I'm a Brit and am mystified by all these wire nut things and the gauges of wire. I'm looking at installing an interlock on my 200A panel to accommodate a 50A backup generator feed. My problem is the top position that needs to be interlocked to the master breaker is currently feeding a 50A car charger. Of course, I need that position for the generator feed (so the interlock works) and am wondering how to extend the car charger 50A 240V cables to a new breaker at the bottom of the panel, out of the way. I don't know what gauge those wires are and if they could be spliced as you beautifully describe. The wires are pretty heavy duty multi strand if that helps. A supplementary question is what kind/gauge of wire do I need to connect the NEMA 3R power inlet (from the gen) to the new, interlocked breaker? ps., these wire nuts thingies are great - they ought to have them in England!

[@johnhogan3810]

I have just discovered wago connectors and will never use anything but for connections that can use the the wagos. All we have had for 40 years are these wire nuts. They suck compared to wagos. You mention you wish you had the big blue wire nuts. What would you have used for this purpose?

[@guitarDad100]

Nice Splice demo. Would you ever consider using a Burndy and rubber tap for something at a size #6? I would probably stop at #6 using the wirenuts.

[@ElectricalCodeCoach]

Yes most definitely! I typically use wire nuts for just 8 and 6 gauge and smaller just because I like the connection and the cost.

[@robertolugo3431]

Great video. Hope you can answer this. Would there be a problem changing on a line run from an 8 AWG to a 6 AWG? Note this is on a spa connection.

[@electricianhub86]

Fundamentally using a larger gauge wire than required could be permissible, if a proper splice and the lugs were rated for the termination. when in doubt ask your inspector!

[@richardconnor2320]

Does this work for joining three 8 guage wires together? I am changing out a double wall oven to 2 single wall ovens and would like to split the main out to the two separate ovens. They're both rated 20 amps; the circuit is 40amps.

[@emmettgreen]

great video. How would you recommend splicing 3 big gauge wires together?

[@electricianhub86]

Great question, typically you're going to have to use some type of lug connector often we use nimbus, or Polaris connectors you can get them in many different sizes

[@mooosestang]

Thanks! I need to move a 40a breaker for my AC so i can add a 50a for my generator and i may just splice the wire if i can't move all the breakers down. I doubt there is that much slack in all the wires. I might be dealing with 8# wire so easier.

[@jghall00]

I feel like everyone is doing this. I'm moving breakers around to add a generator one as well.

[@mooosestang]

@@jghall00 I've gone through 3 hurricanes with no generator here in florida over the past 15 years and I've had enough. Turns out my AC wire is 6awg so this video is more helpful than i thought. If they had just left me a few inches of slack i could have moved all the breakers down, but no!

[@mooosestang]

@@jghall00 Ugghhh! I'm pretty sure my 6awg wire going to my 40a breaker is aluminum stranded wire. This complicates things.

[@NoName-ef3jq]

What if it's solid? or if I need a 3 wire splice? Wouldn't it be more difficult?

[@garyhawthorne1678]

can i use 6/2 wire instead of 6/3 for 50 amp box

[@snap-off5383]

can you splice 3 of that size together?

[@forevergreentree1]

I currently have a dedicated 40 amp circuit to my submersible well pump. I think it is a #8 wire in conduit and L B going into the house. This is right by the dog house. I would like to put a small heater in the dog house (maybe 150 watt). Can I tap into the #8 wire for an outlet in the dog house? If so what size wire and outlet?

[@swervomatic]

Be one with the wire my son

[@scottperry8388]

That's exactly what I needed to know, but no Noalox?

[@electricianhub86]

Glad to help. Let's get to it!

[@mooosestang]

Lets say i want to extend some 6awg aluminum wire to move a breaker in my main panel, but i want to use copper wire for the extension. how can i do this and still be code compliant. my heat pump and air handler both use aluminum wire while the rest of the panel is all wired with copper, wtf?

[@privacyinvasion7166]

How would I do this with #6 aluminum wire? I’ve seen it done with blue wire nuts but I know they aren’t rated.

[@mattcasdorph]

I got a question. Would it be better and safer to have one of those splice blocks (not sure if that's proper terminology) that have screw down? I have a building and ran off the subfeed of main panel to the building with a very small 2 circuit panel. I was going to swap out that panel and add another one but my problem was my new panel wants to come in from the top. IDK about rotating the panel as I heard that's fine but I just don't really want to do that so I opted to just extend the wire inside the panel. So basically extend the wire bend around inside and curve downward. Is it ok to extend it in the panel with a splice block, or should I extend it in its own separate junction before going into the panel?

[@FreeAmerican-mm2my]

If you have room and if you can properly insulate the splice, you can make the splice in the panel box.

[@jackwilliams5394]

Makes me feel better about not buying polaris taps for #6. What kind of tape is that? Extra Wide 3M?

[@electricianhub86]

Yeah I think so lol it fell off a lineman's truck haha

[@marcinmerrimack1726]

Is this also the proper technique for splicing *solid* 6-gauge wires? And solid to stranded?

[@electricianhub86]

I would go based off feel, also whether or not the wire nut was listed for it, this is one way to make splices, there are many different other ways!

[@wadedeimler1854]

i prefer split bolts and rubber splicing tape

[@felipea1844]

Please do a video on how-to-do four splices on 12-Gauge wires, and four splices on 10-Gauge wires. Also, demonstrate what are the proper size wire nuts for each splice. Thank you in advance.

[@dtemp132]

Regarding what size wire nut to use, you'll have to look on your package of wire nuts. It'll state what range of gauges and wire numbers it can support.

[@jamesharrison7261]

Are load centers listed as a junction box for splices? Been dinged before : (

[@electricianhub86]

It's just a box, yes according to the NEC.

[@SledPemberton]

Can I use the same method to splice awg 8 AL to AWG 10 copper?

[@electricianhub86]

There are proper connectors for aluminum copper connections but I would use a proper rated lug setup

[@xxvodanhxx]

How do I splice 3 of these ?

[@larslande]

These are banned in Norway. Have seen case that catches fire. But if you are splicing a new installation change into one lengt! We use tinned copper ferrules that are pressed into the wire with certified professional crimping tool. Then heat shrink over with glue.

[@derrickgamble3371]

I thought that was the only way to do it unless you using lugs or something like that.

[@JohnThomas-lq5qp]

Somebody tell me where in the electricians Bible, the NEC book is anything called a. " WIre nut " . Ideal is the only company that makes wire nuts.