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Wagos in a 2G socket backbox....

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I'm running through the options with regards to terminating a 4mm2 ring when it comes to the sockets. For some of the 2G sockets there is plenty of space to easily / reliably terminate the 4mm2 cable, in others not so much.


What would be a whole lot easier (there is plenty of space as I fitted 35mm back boxes) would be to loop in and out via a couple of wago 221 3-way connectors using the 3rd way as a spur to the socket, allowing just a single cable needing to be clamped down at the socket terminal itself.


I'm sure I won't have been the first to have thought of this.


Thoughts please? The only limitation I can see is that I would'nt be able to spur off the socket (but could of course just use a wago with more ways).


It has been a long week and I just wanted to sense check this........


Thanks in advance


James
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    Which is probably one of the reasons that some electricians have said over the years that a radial should not have spurs.


    So working to product standards you should able to get the two 4.0 mm in, but maybe not a 2.5 mm spur.


    If you are using Wago connectors you do need the bigger size of three way for line and neutral, so it gets a bit crowded in the back box with the big red Wagos in there. There’s an overlap on sizes for 2.5 mm so you can use either size for it.
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    Which is probably one of the reasons that some electricians have said over the years that a radial should not have spurs.


    So working to product standards you should able to get the two 4.0 mm in, but maybe not a 2.5 mm spur.


    If you are using Wago connectors you do need the bigger size of three way for line and neutral, so it gets a bit crowded in the back box with the big red Wagos in there. There’s an overlap on sizes for 2.5 mm so you can use either size for it.
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