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Wago’s / conductor preparation

Baldyhugh
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?


Thanks


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    I have to admit that with stranded cable I do twist the strands into a more solid mass when using chock blocks or into a neutral or earth bar in a consumer unit as it avoids splaying out from the screw. With wago’s however I put them in as they are when stripped as the strands tend to spread out along the contact bar which seems to make a better connection. Mostly on small sized cables up to probably 2.5mm
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    I have to admit that with stranded cable I do twist the strands into a more solid mass when using chock blocks or into a neutral or earth bar in a consumer unit as it avoids splaying out from the screw. With wago’s however I put them in as they are when stripped as the strands tend to spread out along the contact bar which seems to make a better connection. Mostly on small sized cables up to probably 2.5mm
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