Swapped from push connectors to wire nuts on a commercial job and never going back

I was working on a lighting retrofit at a warehouse in Columbus last month and kept having push connectors fail on me. Swapped to wire nuts mid-job and everything held solid the first time. Maybe it's just me, but I trust the twist and tape method way more after that night. Anyone else find push connectors unreliable on bigger gauge stuff?

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the_blair25d ago

Those push connectors always let me down on anything over 12 gauge, man.

west.alice25d ago

Man I feel you on that warehouse job. Had almost the exact same thing happen on a service call at a grocery store near Toledo. The 12 gauge solid wires just wouldn't bite in those push connectors, kept pulling loose when I wiggled the fixture. Switched to wire nuts and a good twist, bam, no issues the rest of the night. Makes you wonder why they push those things so hard on bigger wire.