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Originally Posted by cgmv123
Wouldn't constant force clamping terminals (like the Wagos and the Weidmullers) be better in high vibration environments than screws that can vibrate and come loose?
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It's a matter of maintenance vs build-and-forget. If you're going to inspect and maintain the wiring every once in a while, the screws stay tight, but you can't really see if the W/W connectors are staying tight. If you build and then let things go, W&W are probably more likely to hold the wire because of the connector angle while the screw is more likely to come loose.
The tie breaker in my book is that if you use ring terminals, unless a screw rattles its way completely out of the threads to fall onto the deck, the wire isn't going anywhere.
And OBTW, the earlier responses on Home Depot and Lowe's were spot on.