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Wiska boxes with wagos

Baldyhugh

Evening all

I’ve been a fan of wiska boxes for a while now and have been more commonly using the 407’s which come with the 3 lever 221 wagos and a mounting block included. Whilst I find the wagos great for lighting circuits I find the mounting block a bit fiddly and as such tend not to use them, just tucking the wagos neatly into the box once terminated. My question is, do wagos need to be fastened or suppported on some way inside an adaptable box? 
 

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    mapj1: 
     

    Soldering is a bit less off-beat, at least it can be un-done non-destructively, but I agree it is not in the average sparky's standard solutions. Those of us who do electronics could probably solder all the cores at a ring end faster than a socket or similar could be fitted, but I do not think anyone would want to.

     

    Mike.

     

    Is the use of soldering/tinning with screw terminals not frowned upon due to the issues with solder creep? There is a nod to this in 526.2  This results in initially tight terminals becoming loose over time all on their own.  Maybe a bit less of an issue with solid core conductors if the terminal screw compression gets right in to the copper but probably still not the best idea…..

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    mapj1: 
     

    Soldering is a bit less off-beat, at least it can be un-done non-destructively, but I agree it is not in the average sparky's standard solutions. Those of us who do electronics could probably solder all the cores at a ring end faster than a socket or similar could be fitted, but I do not think anyone would want to.

     

    Mike.

     

    Is the use of soldering/tinning with screw terminals not frowned upon due to the issues with solder creep? There is a nod to this in 526.2  This results in initially tight terminals becoming loose over time all on their own.  Maybe a bit less of an issue with solid core conductors if the terminal screw compression gets right in to the copper but probably still not the best idea…..

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