Glad to hear you were able to get the connectors to work with your work around! We have discovered not all 16/2 wire is made to the same spec and some sheathing can be a little thicker requiring a little extra working to make the connection.

Thank you for your feedback! At this time 3M doesn't make this connecter for larger diameter wire 😔 Maybe someday 😃 Have a blessed day!

@@Totallightingsupply Thank you very much for the video. 🙂

@@jaimedpcaus1 You're very welcome! Glad you liked it 🙂

You're very welcome. So glad it helped 😃

So glad you found our video helpful! We love these connectors and have a bunch going strong now over 3 years in the harsh desert environment 🙂

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. We have used these in multiple projects out in the field and once you get the hang of how they work it becomes very easy to work with and makes a solid connection. Sometimes you miss the fixture wire and have to pull the tin plated metal U-Contact out and retry but it's pretty easy to do. Feel free to read through the comments on the video or checkout the reviews on our website ⬇️ www.totaloutdoorlighting.com/review/product/list/id/8594/ - have a blessed day 🙂

Wow, that's great your lights are shining strong! The blue connectors are great but unfortunately they don't fit all wire sizes. Make sure you look at the product details page regarding wire sizes here before ordering: www.totaloutdoorlighting.com/quick-outdoor-landscape-lighting-blue-wire-connector-moisture-resistant-gel.html

You're very welcome 🙂

Thank you for sharing your experience! We are glad to hear the connectors are working great for you 🙂

Thank you for sharing your experience with these Blue low voltage outdoor landscape lighting wire connectors 🙂

Thank you for sharing your experience with the connector! It's great to hear how well they are still working over a year ago 😃

You're welcome 🙂

Thank you! Glad to hear our video was easy to follow for you 🙂

Glad you liked our video! You can purchase the Blue Connectors here 👉 www.totaloutdoorlighting.com/quick-outdoor-landscape-lighting-blue-wire-connector-moisture-resistant-gel.html

We recommend burying under ground cover for best results 🙂

As long as the outdoor low voltage wiring fits the diameter for the connectors you should be fine.

That sounds like a huge custom project that an electrician could help much better than us. Generally speaking, though, you would need to know what the voltage requirement is for the LEDs. Once you have that you would need to calculate the total wattage the LEDs consume. Then find a transformer with the correct voltage and wattage to handle your LEDs.

Ok... thanks for ur reply and help. I was a bit more concerned with the issues i might run into on power loss, due to lenght of run on deck. I'm not sure if the power supply provided by manufacturer of led light will be able to handle such a distance... but thanks for your time Be safe ut there

We couldn't agree with you more. I think since the industry is all shifting to LED, the larger gauge wire isn't needed as much any more. So the manufacturer doesn't see a need to make larger wire connectors . . . Glad you liked our video 🙂

I have size 14 I wish they made them in that size too

@@mickbrown815 We would love to see a larger size as well.

I have the 12 gauge main line.

You're very welcome! We also like this connector for our personal landscape lighting systems too! Typically if the connection is wrapped in electrical tape it probably means, not always, that the main line was been cut to attach the fixture wire 🙂

@@Totallightingsupply Thank you, mine doesn't have any tape on it. It's these weird clamps that I can't get off. I'm about to take a hammer to it.

@@cannotbeshaken7889 Hmm interesting 🤔 There are so many connectors out there. So hard to know 😔 Maybe a video will turn up here on KZfaq on low voltage wire clamps. Best wishes on figuring it out 😊

​@@Totallightingsupply Thanks, you said these clamps in your video don't come in other sizes. But I saw a bunch on amazon in a three size variety pack. Oh, never mind, I just looked again and they look a little different. Probably a different brand. Ok, I just found the correct ones on Amazon that look exactly like yours in the video. It's the 3M brand correct? I just learned that my wire is not cut. My connectors are Malibu splice connectors. So, I'm gonna go ahead and get these 3M brand off Amazon. I don't know how to measure my wire size, but hopefully they will fit. Would not have found these without your video, so thanks! 😊

@@cannotbeshaken7889 Glad you figured it out! There are so many knockoffs on Amazon with these type of connectors. Just make sure you get the 3M brand. We have had customers get the cheap knockoffs only to be greatly disappointed later on. Also, 3M only makes the blue wire connector with the moisture resistant gel already installed. Their larger diameter connectors do not come with the gel. Also, make sure you get 2 per fixture. Here's a link to the genuine 3M connector we sell on our website to compare ⬇ www.totaloutdoorlighting.com/quick-outdoor-landscape-lighting-blue-wire-connector-moisture-resistant-gel.html Have a blessed weekend 🙂

We find that the 🔵 blue connector in the video works the best all round. It reduces installation time and helps keep moisture out which is one of the biggest reasons outdoor low voltage wire connections fail. We prefer using the blue connector due to its flexibility. Lets say you do not like the placement of the outdoor light and you want to move it but find the perfect place is out of reach of the original connection. With the blue connector you can remove it with some needle nose pliers and reconnect using a new blue wire connector. The low voltage wire sheathing fills in the displacement the blue connector made reducing moisture contact and failure. The methods that connect requiring splicing into the main feed line by cutting the main line will require additional wire connectors sometimes 2 times more and also introduces another point of failure on your main feed line. There are many ways to solve the problem but we find the blue connector is the easiest and fastest solution with the best long term results. Hope this helps. For more question please don't hesitate to contact us directly here www.totaloutdoorlighting.com/contacts/ we don't always see the KZfaq comments right away 🙂

There are many ways to make that type of connection. Here's another video of ours that shows some of those types kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sNuYfs2d156zeYU.html Hope it helps 🙂

It's made by 3M so there is probably a similar connector for that gauge of wire. I would look on 3M's website 🙂

Brown for #14, yellow for #10 wire...

Just found it on Amazon. Looks like only 14 ga stranded wire will be okay with the blue. Not solid wire. www.amazon.com/3M-Scotchlok-Electrical-Connector-stranded/dp/B0035R7TKO/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=scotchlok%2Bwire%2Bconnectors&qid=1592691967&sprefix=scotchlok&sr=8-4&th=1&psc=1

@@PFab I read the reviews and most people with 14 gage wire said it did not work.

We use our brown connector for 12 gauge wire with dielectric grease. You can find the connector here ➡ www.totaloutdoorlighting.com/quick-outdoor-landscape-lighting-3mtm-brown-connector.html 🙂

That statement is now listed on all their products even on products big home improvement stores sell directly to consumers. So this speaks to 3M's adjusted policy to protect 3M. Probably born out of a lawsuit. We have been using these connectors out in the field for so many years now with great success. If you feel uncomfortable using the product there are many other products available in the market. Have a blessed day 🙂

I would like to know this too.

We are sorry to hear this 😔 We are hoping that someday 3M will make a larger diameter connector like this to accommodate larger wire sizes 🤞

At this time we do not 🙁 However, we do ship to freight forwarders approved by your credit card company :)

Unfortunately they do not. We do have other connectors that you could use in combination with dielectric grease with for larger diameter wires here ➡ www.totaloutdoorlighting.com/quick-outdoor-landscape-lighting-3mtm-brown-connector.html

Thank you

@@patriciashaver489 You're very welcome 🙂

We have not found one that is exactly like the blue connector in the video for larger wire. 3M does make larger diameter Insulation Displacement Connectors (IDC). You can find them on their website that might meet the requirements you have 🙂

Here 👉 www.totaloutdoorlighting.com/quick-outdoor-landscape-lighting-blue-wire-connector-moisture-resistant-gel.html

Yes, you can definitely offset to reduce the bulk in one spot 🙂

Or should the flat spots be modified so they clip together back to back. Or just zip tie them that way.

That is an option for sure. Not all project needs are the same and finding a viable solution for yours is key. We find that this blue connector solves a lot of the problems found in outdoor low voltage lighting applications in one easy to use wire connector 🙂

With LED, voltage drop is becoming less and less of an issue on longer runs. So using a smaller diameter wire is now possible with longer runs. I have an over 280 foot run using the low voltage 16/2 wire shown in this video from our website and have 18 LED lights brightly lighting with out issues with voltage drop.

That is definitely an option 😊

Not sure if you are aware, Carlos, but there is a trade war with China right now that has increased a majority of the prices of Chinese goods imported into the USA. A very very large majority of lighting products are manufactured in China and due to the large tariff increases the cost of goods has increased. We are a small family operated business and we do our best to keep prices down but unfortunately the increase was greater than what we could sustain and we had to raise our prices. I hope you can see that greed had no part in our decision in raising prices. Have a blessed weekend 🙂

More importantly, why did you comment about it then