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Edited February 17, 2024
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Was at the local Home Depot in SoCal looking for wire connectors. Oddly, there were some in aisle 15, but the website said aisle 13. There were a bunch more there. So they have these in two different locations in the store. (Maybe different types of wire connectors?)
Anyway, these are similar to the Wago, these are In Sure and they had 10 packs of the 2 port, 3 port, and 5 port with yellow tags.
In-sure 2 pt lever wire conn, 10/bag $1.93 was $7.48
In-sure 3 pt lever wire conn, 10/bag $2.23 was $8.46
In-sure 5 pt lever wire conn, 10/bag $2.83 was $10.98
I did not check brickseek, but the HD website does not show them on sale.
Oh, the yellow label had a date of 11/27/23, not sure what that date is for.
https://www.homedepot.com/s/30-01l2?NCNI-5
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Summary: the In-Sure actually has a little more resistance than Wago, but a little better hold on the wire.
Anyone bumping into aluminum branch circuit wiring should skip the IDEAL purple wirenuts hanging nearby these lever connectors and pick up some AlumiConn connectors (also, fortunately, in the same section at HD). The bad news is that you're going to have to make a one-time purchase of a torque screwdriver (usually in the range of $30-60). The good news is that you'll sleep easy about your aluminum wiring connections. Though not as simple as these IDEAL lever connectors, the connections using an AlumiConn are similarly satisfying vs. the unknowns of what's under a wire nut (and completely avoid the insomnia you might develop around galvanic corrosion [wikipedia.org]).
Good luck!
Jon
To be fair, IDEAL makes a lot of things at Home Depot, plenty of which don't even carry the IDEAL branding. They were the ones actually making the light bulbs Home Depot sold under Cree branding.
Good luck!
Jon
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Just 1? Why get one when you can get 10 for 10 times the price?
https://www.amazon.com/Sure%C2%AE...67
.05 ea. While they last.
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https://www.amazon.com/Ideal-Conn...op?ie=UT
After going in the attic the 4th time I just replaced the rest of them with the traditional twist on types and they have held for years and years. All of the ones they used inside the addition have held up fine.
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Brickseek was correct that my store had exactly two each of the 2x and 5x, and Brickseek says they are on clearance, but they rang up at full price.
It's a newer store that just opened in the last year. I don't know if that has anything to do with it, or if this is a regional clearance.