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Wiska boxes with wagos

Baldyhugh

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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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    solder can indeed spread, and so can a badly twisted multi-strand copper - I suspect that a few meter tail fires are caused by the copper relaxing into the gaps between the strands  where the twist is slightly open. Done well solder joins have a good pedigree, but I'd not recommend it to someone who has not learnt to do it well. And despite having see the fused copper ends thing, I'd not recommend that to anyone, ever. (Actually there are a few Eastern bloc wiring practices where that statement is true!)

    In terms of creep, and thermal cycling, there is a lot to be said for terminals with a bit of spring to them, like wago types, or the clock-spring like ‘constant force’ designs used to get  onto lead sheaths, pipes and certain types of braided cable  (at least if you can fit them without injury - some constant force springs seem to be designed to inflict pain  in the same vein as the fray bentos corned beef can.)

    Mike.

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    solder can indeed spread, and so can a badly twisted multi-strand copper - I suspect that a few meter tail fires are caused by the copper relaxing into the gaps between the strands  where the twist is slightly open. Done well solder joins have a good pedigree, but I'd not recommend it to someone who has not learnt to do it well. And despite having see the fused copper ends thing, I'd not recommend that to anyone, ever. (Actually there are a few Eastern bloc wiring practices where that statement is true!)

    In terms of creep, and thermal cycling, there is a lot to be said for terminals with a bit of spring to them, like wago types, or the clock-spring like ‘constant force’ designs used to get  onto lead sheaths, pipes and certain types of braided cable  (at least if you can fit them without injury - some constant force springs seem to be designed to inflict pain  in the same vein as the fray bentos corned beef can.)

    Mike.

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