Wago’s / conductor preparation

Baldyhugh over 3 years ago

Hi

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 Former Community Member over 3 years ago

I'm minded to leave the strands as they lie on the basis that they fan out when under the contact edge and present a greater contact area, as opposed to twisting them into a more solid form with less strands in contact with the edge.

Yes I do realise that this logic falls flat with a solid strand, but I can't alter that structure!

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BOD
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0 Former Community Member over 3 years ago

I'm minded to leave the strands as they lie on the basis that they fan out when under the contact edge and present a greater contact area, as opposed to twisting them into a more solid form with less strands in contact with the edge.

Yes I do realise that this logic falls flat with a solid strand, but I can't alter that structure!

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BOD
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