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Wago’s / conductor preparation

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I find myself using the lever 221 wago’s more and more now mainly for lighting circuits but have a question regarding conductor preparation prior to insertion in the wago once the required amount of insulation is stripped off. A solid conductor seems to just go straight in but do you twist a stranded cable and a flexible cable or put them in untwisted? I can’t find any guidance on the box or on the wago website. What do other users of these great little inventions do with them?

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0 Dutch of the Elm over 3 years ago

Hi.

Strangely enough I use them for bench testing too but a while ago when doing a quick fix on my flat, I used 'Wago-like' connectors in the back of a switch box. I always meant to go back and replace them with a choc-block or something more traditional, as something was telling me I'd have got a raised eye-brow or two for leaving them in permanently.

I guess the spring-loaded grip on the conductor is what gave me the impression that they should only be a temporary fix - have I misunderstood then, and are they okay for permanent work?

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0 Dutch of the Elm over 3 years ago

Hi.

Strangely enough I use them for bench testing too but a while ago when doing a quick fix on my flat, I used 'Wago-like' connectors in the back of a switch box. I always meant to go back and replace them with a choc-block or something more traditional, as something was telling me I'd have got a raised eye-brow or two for leaving them in permanently.

I guess the spring-loaded grip on the conductor is what gave me the impression that they should only be a temporary fix - have I misunderstood then, and are they okay for permanent work?

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