Connector blocks in DBs

[davesparks]

Ahh, we call those bootlace ferrules.

So we do we stricly, and the version without the plastic bit are just ferrules

 

[Marvo]

So we do we stricly, and the version without the plastic bit are just ferrules

You mean like these?



We call those end ferrules.

 

[uksparks]

I use wago 221's and fix them inside the enclosure with some double sided tape

the tape is a joke yes?

 

[davesparks]

the tape is a joke yes?

No, what makes you think that? I use double sided tape to keep things neat inside j701's etc when using wagos for boilers too otherwise you end up with a mass of wagos exploding out of the box when you open it.

The stuff I use is a roll of the same foam tape that comes on the back of bodgeit trunking

 

[uksparks]

The tape will just fall off the side wont it? I would have thought you would have been better with something with a sticky back thats slightly more adhesive than tape, but I guess that would make a mess on removal.

 

[Farmelectrics]

ha ha through crimps to me

 

[Paulgwat]

i use these if it's just 1 or 2 extensions indise the DB.

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used exact same ideal connector on a job that was my surveillance visit for elecsa two weeks ago and he was more than happy with them inside the db.

Previous year I got picked up for using the same connector in a floor void and using heat shrink to encapsulate the whole joint - added a wago inline box around it and all good - interesting that ideal advertise them in an application with no secondary containment whatsoever though!

 

[davesparks]

The tape will just fall off the side wont it? I would have thought you would have been better with something with a sticky back thats slightly more adhesive than tape, but I guess that would make a mess on removal.

Here's a couple in a dimmer, the original installers left it with floating connector blocks extending the earths from the earth tail pots. And the pyro tails were about 2' long where they had been in the old dimmer and they didn't bother to cut them down.
It also had 10mm line with a 6mm neutral for the supply! (16A)

 

[varilite]

Through crimps

 

[telectrix]

Through crimps

not always ideal on solid strand conductors.

 

[varilite]

I know but I've never had any trouble

 

[telectrix]

the ideal in line connectors are much faster to install . no room for error, esp. in a tight space where you struggle getting crimpers in.

 

[Geordie Spark]

i use these if it's just 1 or 2 extensions indise the DB.

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Cough Lozenges ?? ............... to join cables??? :whatchutalkingabout

 

[hightower]

Sounds like tel on commission for pushing these connectors [emoji38]

(On a serious note they are awesome)

 

[Barrie Patrick]

Relying on a spring, rather than screws, crimps and/or solder for a tight, low resistance, sound connection just seems wrong to me.

Think I must be a Grumpy Old Dinosaur :-(

How can I joint a 6mm?