3M 7100166940 3M, Scotchlok, Electrical Idc 562-Pouch, Yellow, 12 Awg (Solid/Stranded), 10 Awg (Stranded), 100/Pouch, 100/Case

The Scotchlok 562 handles 12 AWG at the small end and up to 10 AWG stranded at the large end. Both the run and the tap conductor have to be 0.19 in (4.82 mm) maximum insulation outer diameter, so oversize THHN jackets will not seat in the channel. It is a two-conductor connector, maximum of 2 cores.

No stripping. The 562 is an insulation displacement connector, so the tin-plated brass U-contact cuts through the insulation as the cap is pressed down. You lay the run and tap in as-is and crimp.

Use the 3M E-9BM crimping tool, or a 9 inch lineman's pliers if you don't have the dedicated tool. The cap has to be driven fully home for the contact to bite both conductors.

Yes, that is what it is built for. The 562 is rated for double run or tap connections, meaning you can run a through conductor and land a tap on it, or splice two conductors in parallel, with no cut and no strip.

Maximum recommended voltage on the 562 is 600 V, so it covers standard 120, 277 and 480 V building wiring as well as low voltage work. Maximum operating temperature is 90 C (194 F). It carries UL file number E23438.

No. The 562 is not moisture resistant and has no corrosion-inhibiting grease fill, so keep it to dry indoor locations and enclosures. For damp or buried taps you need a gel-filled or sealed connector instead.

No, they do different jobs. The 3M Scotchlok 562 is an insulation displacement connector with a tin-plated brass U-contact inside a flame-retardant polypropylene insulator, so it makes the electrical connection itself on a double run or tap of up to two conductors. The Burndy UCCOVER1BOX25 is a polyethylene cover for a Tapit tap connector, meaning it insulates a separate tap connector after that connector has been installed. If you want a single part that both pierces the insulation and stays insulated, the 562 covers that in one piece; if you are already using a Tapit tap, the cover is the matching accessory rather than a substitute.

Use the Burndy BDTIBB for that application. The BDTIBB is a wall mount intersystem bonding connector in stainless steel that accepts #14 through #2 AWG, so it is built to land grounding and bonding conductors at an accessible point on the outside of a structure. The 3M Scotchlok 562 is a low voltage insulated splice connector rated to a maximum recommended 600 V, taking 12 AWG solid or stranded up to 10 AWG stranded, and it is intended for run or tap splices on circuit conductors rather than for a permanently accessible bonding terminal.

1000 per case, boxed, packed 100 to a pouch. The Scotchlok 562 is manufactured in the United States and is RoHS 2011/65/EU compliant without exemption, which matters on federal and institutional specs.

If you are using a compression tap that needs insulating after the fact, the Burndy Tapit polyethylene tap connector cover (UCCOVER1BOX25) is the snap-on cover for that style. The 3M Scotchlok 562 is a different approach: the insulation is built in and the contact displaces the wire jacket, so there is nothing to cover afterward.

No. The RACO 4734 is a SWIVEL-LOK 1 inch Type B liquidtight multi-position connector in nylon, which is a raceway fitting that terminates liquidtight conduit into an enclosure. The 3M Scotchlok 562 is a wire connector, specifically an IDC connector that splices conductors together, with a maximum insulation outer diameter of 0.19 inch on both the run and the tap. One terminates the conduit, the other joins the wires inside it, so a job that uses liquidtight will often need both.

The 562 is not the part for a wet location splice. It is a flame retardant polypropylene connector that is not moisture resistant and is not grease filled against corrosion, so it suits dry interior run and tap splices up to 90 degrees C. If moisture is the concern on a conduit run rather than at the splice itself, the RACO 4734 is a liquidtight connector in the SWIVEL-LOK series that handles the raceway entry, and the splice should be made in a suitably protected enclosure.

The 3M Scotchlok 562 handles a maximum of two conductors per connector on a double run or tap, so it is a point splice rather than a gathering point. For a location where multiple circuits come together, a RACO 232MSCM 4 inch square welded box with an M bracket and 2-1/8 inch depth gives you the volume and the mounting to land several splices in one place, and the 562 connectors can then be used inside it for the individual taps.

The body is flame-retardant polypropylene, colored yellow so the wire range is identifiable on the job. Outer diameter of the connector body is 0.19 in.

Order by 3M part number 7100166940. That is the yellow 562 insulation displacement connector for run-or-tap splicing, packed 1000 per case.