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Is it ever okay to splice electrical wires using wire nuts and electrical tape? We're the middle of a kitchen renovation and the contractor is doing this in a number of places.
I am replacing a residential (renovated in the last 15 years) wired smoke detector and I lost the original/supplied wiring nuts, what size/color nuts would most likely fit the wires? - Quora
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