M.K. Light Switches.

Zoomup over 3 years ago

I have just been fitting some customer bought M.K. sockets and light switches; white Logic style.

I do not like the captive screws as they are initially very difficult to turn and you never quite know when they are fully tightened. I also do not like the very shallow light switch terminals that allow wires to come out, especially if twisted together. I ended up using a battery screwdriver to tighten the screws as my hands were starting to hurt.

Others' views please?

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0 Former Community Member over 3 years ago

Blencathra:

Are you talking about solid conductors, that vid looked like USA, twisting conductors before inserting into terminals makes testing & fault finding difficult, lost count of the times I have disconnected twisted solids and found a broken conductor

I’ll second that, thought that old practice of twisting cables together went out in the dark ages.
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0 Former Community Member over 3 years ago

Blencathra:

Are you talking about solid conductors, that vid looked like USA, twisting conductors before inserting into terminals makes testing & fault finding difficult, lost count of the times I have disconnected twisted solids and found a broken conductor

I’ll second that, thought that old practice of twisting cables together went out in the dark ages.
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