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A good wrapping of 5 or 6 twists of good leccy tape won't fall off in a hurry. I have come across tape joints that are probably 30 years old and still had to spend 5 minutes un-peeling the tape off...
 
Dustydazzler said:
A good wrapping of 5 or 6 twists of good leccy tape won't fall off in a hurry. I have come across tape joints that are probably 30 years old and still had to spend 5 minutes un-peeling the tape off...
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Ah yes. But them were different times, when boys were boys, men were men, and tape was tape!
 
and tape was tape!

and now we have SD cards and dongle sticks. not much use for wrapping wires in.
 
Nowt wrong with that connection, and they went the extra mile with the plant pot fire hood...
 
Would rather have connector block wrapped in tape, than wago 221 not in an enclosure.

Came across this a while ago in a loft (loft had is own lights) while trying to figure best route to lay cable for an extension, all of a sudden I'm in darkness (didn't have torch up with me - another school boy error) as I turned around to head back to the hatch to see what's happened, I feel loose wire with my hand.

Anyway, back with torch came across these wago 221s in which a couple of levers were opened and one of the live wires had popped out.

Can only guess with my movement in the loft I had disturbed this hidden connection (insulation enclosed connection) which resulted in the levers popping open, wire popping out and (thankfully) RCD tripping - photo taken after wire reinserted and loft insulation pulled back.[ElectriciansForums.net] Code for 'taped joint' above downlights - no access above

So please please always use an enclosure, don't go trying to save a few pennies here and there, as next person may not be as lucky as me. BTW levers on 221 open very easily compared to 222
 
^^^
I can't see what the problem would be with an Ashley/Hager 301/401 joint box in such a situation. Done properly, with skill and dexterity, of course.
 

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