My "Line/Wago" Products experience...

HappyHippyDad · Aug 25, 2013

Apologies if this has already been said, but I rang the chap at wago to ask ab it more about the maintenance free side of things and he mentioned that the wagobox juntion box is maintenance free (as long as it is used as stated with cable tie) but the wagobox-light junction box is not Maintenance free.

The reason for this is that it cost a great deal of money to test the Wagobox junction box so that it could be deemed MF and I believe that was a factor in not getting the light box tested.

Just thought I should mention that one of them is not MF as it doesn't seem to be widely publicised and could mean lots of NON-MF boxes tucked away under floorboards.

Maintenance free:

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Not Maintenance free:

SJD · Aug 25, 2013

Richard Burns said:
Maintenance free junction boxes must have the MF logo and possibly the BS number to which they are compliant. Since the line boxes do not have this marking on the body, in order to meet BS7671 the cable ties have this marking and since the maintenance free requirements are for the enclosure as a whole unit this complies.

I'm curious to know, if people use these MF boxes in inaccessible places like under floorboards, do they actually fit a cable tie to secure the lid? Apart from this marking, perhaps the box should require a tool to open it, but I'd suggest a tool has probably been used to lift the floorboard in the first place (or maybe that does not count)?

brman · Aug 25, 2013

I use a cable tie every time I use them, be it under floors or accessible in lofts etc.
I guess technically you could argue that the void under a floorboard could be classed as an enclosure in its own right but maybe that is stretching things a bit

Anyway, just think, it might be a plumber lifting the boards so anything that keeps him away from the electrics is a good thing! :lol:

(with apologies to any plumbers reading this......)

telectrix · Aug 25, 2013

brman said:
I use a cable tie every time I use them, be it under floors or accessible in lofts etc.
I guess technically you could argue that the void under a floorboard could be classed as an enclosure in its own right but maybe that is stretching things a bit

Anyway, just think, it might be a plumber lifting the boards so anything that keeps him away from the electrics is a good thing! :lol:

(with apologies to any plumbers reading this......)

a couple of razor blades embedded in the box would be a good deterrent.

yarcyk · Aug 25, 2013

I have used some of Wago connectors and Wago boxes to extend final rings and they are maintenance free so can be hidden anywhere.

supertoad · Apr 7, 2016

hint on t/e use needle nose pliers to hold sleeve over cpc before inserting to push fit conn [wago/line etc] stops this pesky problem

omega015 · Apr 8, 2016

supertoad said:
hint on t/e use needle nose pliers to hold sleeve over cpc before inserting to push fit conn [wago/line etc] stops this pesky problem

Wow over 2 years old post

. Cannot say I have any issues pushing t/e into wago connectors, useful tip though.

Dan · Aug 20, 2016

Just bumping some threads in the Electrical Tools Forum, if it's not current topic just ignore it and it'll drop off the list, you're welcome to reply to it if it's still current topic though