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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?


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    whjohnson:

    Having been late to the WAGO party I have only recently begun to use them. Uncertainty was introduced recently when conducting r1+r2 tests on a ring final whereby the socket fronts were substituted with wago grey with orange lever types for test purposes. The test readings end to end were wildly different, so much so that I shorted 2 ends at the board into the earth bar and went back socket by socket to test the end to end at each. I got steady and constant readings that way, so can only conclude that the wagos were a bit hit and miss.


    I am surprised. Did you substitute the Wagos for the sockets 'cos they had USB port-saïd you needed to IR test the circuit?


    ETA: see what a mess my smell checker has made of "ports and"! I haven't been there since the First Gulf War. ?


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    whjohnson:

    Having been late to the WAGO party I have only recently begun to use them. Uncertainty was introduced recently when conducting r1+r2 tests on a ring final whereby the socket fronts were substituted with wago grey with orange lever types for test purposes. The test readings end to end were wildly different, so much so that I shorted 2 ends at the board into the earth bar and went back socket by socket to test the end to end at each. I got steady and constant readings that way, so can only conclude that the wagos were a bit hit and miss.


    I am surprised. Did you substitute the Wagos for the sockets 'cos they had USB port-saïd you needed to IR test the circuit?


    ETA: see what a mess my smell checker has made of "ports and"! I haven't been there since the First Gulf War. ?


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