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No worries, glad I could help.
I understand the frustration, I've had people do the same thing to me, make assumptions about what I was doing, putting words in my mouth and impugning my motives.
Text is hard to convey proper emotion, and even harder when you've got a bunch of people only typing half of their thought 🤷♂️
As for the design change, I honestly don't know. It's not actually my area of expertise, I just know enough to know what not to do.
I do know that the highest risk is in the connections themselves. A pair of insulated wires are unlikely to ever be an issue on their own, but where you connect the wires to the wiring of the house is the real issue.
Connections can loosen over time, through temp cycling or whatever reasons. And when they loosen, resistance goes up, and heat is generated.
So if it were my project, I'd probably try to find a small round electrical box that fits inside the decorative one. Either metal or the proper plastic. And then make those connections inside that box, and call it good enough.
Maybe make sure the edges of the pipe are smooth where the wires enter them, too, so the insulation doesn't get shaved off when you're moving it around.
Otherwise I really do like the project! Looks great! I hope you come up with a solution you're comfortable with 👍
hm that could be a good idea with the premade enclosure.
thanks again :)