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Posted by dave richardson, on
2.5 cables to a socket should i twist them together
Russell Baron

Russell Baron

Hi Dave, Personally there is no need to twist together.On solid core cable this could in fact weaken the copper and could cause it to break. If your wanting a better connection bend the cables over to increase the CSA of the conductor Thanks

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