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Wago’s pull test

Baldyhugh
Hi all.

I've been using wago’s for a couple of years now and more recently the 221 series mainly on lighting circuits. As I do with all terminations, I do a gentle ‘pull test’ after connection which was drummed into me from apprenticeship days to check if the wire is securely held. I also do this with the wago’s but on occasion find that the wire will pull back slightly but not pull out. It can then be pushed forward again fully up into the terminal. I find that this happens more with solid conductors rather than stranded or flex. My query is, am I damaging the internal workings of the wago by carrying out this pull test? I like the reassurance of a pull test on terminations but should it be given a miss on wago’s?


thanks in advance
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    Thanks for your replies 


    I have to say that I use them for permanent work mainly on lighting circuits and find them a lot faster than traditional strip connectors. I find them especially useful if connecting different conductor types together as a standard 15a connector didn’t grip them equally I found. I just happened to notice when applying a gentle pull to a solid conductor in a 221 wago the other day that it pulled back slightly which was a bit concerning. I’d didn’t pull out however. I wondered whether doing a pull test had bent the spring mechanism inside it. Seems the consensus is that a gentle pull test is ok.


    Thanks again all
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    Thanks for your replies 


    I have to say that I use them for permanent work mainly on lighting circuits and find them a lot faster than traditional strip connectors. I find them especially useful if connecting different conductor types together as a standard 15a connector didn’t grip them equally I found. I just happened to notice when applying a gentle pull to a solid conductor in a 221 wago the other day that it pulled back slightly which was a bit concerning. I’d didn’t pull out however. I wondered whether doing a pull test had bent the spring mechanism inside it. Seems the consensus is that a gentle pull test is ok.


    Thanks again all
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