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Rcbo neutral cables, cut to length

Baldyhugh

Hi 

Just a quick question. What is the preferred option when fitting rcbo’s with the long supply neutral cable pre wired into them, do you cut them to desired length and ferrule them or leave them as is and try to coil the excess cable up in the consumer unit?

Thanks

Peter

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    Cut and re-dress. I still leave some slack, for re-work or additions, but where there is more than a couple of  inches or more of slack, in the bin it goes.

    Note that Wylex and maybe others form the ends into a cold welded shape that is not that great a fit into CU bus bars anyways.

    M

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    My crimpers form the ferrule into a square shape which might not be the best match for a round hole of a neutral bus bar. Are there better crimpers to use that would still keep the round shape once crimped? Perhaps once tightened into the terminal, the ferrule will have been deformed into a rounder shape anyway

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    My crimpers form the ferrule into a square shape which might not be the best match for a round hole of a neutral bus bar. Are there better crimpers to use that would still keep the round shape once crimped? Perhaps once tightened into the terminal, the ferrule will have been deformed into a rounder shape anyway

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