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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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    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.J

    ust counting the sockets there are 25 in this installation and I can happily do these as a batch job on the desk, ready to be fitted to the waiting wagos in the back box. I estimate the time saved will more than pay for the wagos (<£30).

    Thanks for all of your answers - so far I have not read any issues or downsides with the plan.


    Perhaps the following is a non-compliance:
    433.1.204

    Accessories to BS 1363 may be supplied through a ring final circuit.

    Are the connector blocks BS 1363 accessories?


    Very often I read posts that state the contents of the Appendices are not Regulations, so it would appear that the contents of Appendix 15 are not permissions to breach the requirement for a BS 1363 accessory.................


    Regards


    BOD



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    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.J

    ust counting the sockets there are 25 in this installation and I can happily do these as a batch job on the desk, ready to be fitted to the waiting wagos in the back box. I estimate the time saved will more than pay for the wagos (<£30).

    Thanks for all of your answers - so far I have not read any issues or downsides with the plan.


    Perhaps the following is a non-compliance:
    433.1.204

    Accessories to BS 1363 may be supplied through a ring final circuit.

    Are the connector blocks BS 1363 accessories?


    Very often I read posts that state the contents of the Appendices are not Regulations, so it would appear that the contents of Appendix 15 are not permissions to breach the requirement for a BS 1363 accessory.................


    Regards


    BOD



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