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Wago’s / conductor preparation

Baldyhugh
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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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    Nathaniel:

    Perhaps the rather chunky nature of multiple solid-core 2.5 mm2 conductors into BS1363 sockets, with little clearance room in the back-box, is one reason for not trying quick connectors yet. When it happens, I hope it's not done following the cheapest practice. I can imagine a good design would be very convenient and could be better than trying to get three or four conductors held properly in a tunnel or cage.


    Surprisingly, BS 1363 includes specifications for screwless terminals, but all I could find online was sockets with screwless face plates. Each conductor is to be clamped separately, which is pretty reasonable when you consider the difficulty that would arise if 4 mm² cable were to be looped in and out. At least three clamps would be necessary for the live conductors.


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    Nathaniel:

    Perhaps the rather chunky nature of multiple solid-core 2.5 mm2 conductors into BS1363 sockets, with little clearance room in the back-box, is one reason for not trying quick connectors yet. When it happens, I hope it's not done following the cheapest practice. I can imagine a good design would be very convenient and could be better than trying to get three or four conductors held properly in a tunnel or cage.


    Surprisingly, BS 1363 includes specifications for screwless terminals, but all I could find online was sockets with screwless face plates. Each conductor is to be clamped separately, which is pretty reasonable when you consider the difficulty that would arise if 4 mm² cable were to be looped in and out. At least three clamps would be necessary for the live conductors.


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