Can't think of the name????

[bk81]

Hi Everyone,

I'm having a mental block!

I'm trying to think of the name of the little copper bar that goes between the load side of a circuit breaker and a crimped cable?

It's for a 2P 63A Type C mcb with bar connecting the switched part so rated to 125A, they have a crimped 50mm cable, it looks like a copper upside down Y with a 6mm or 8mm screwed terminal on

What's the name???

Someone stop me from going mad! :wink_smile:

Cheers

 

[Ducksy]

Lug ?? Bus bar ?? I know.......banana

 

[Engineer54]

Connection Extension bar/breaker connection adapter bar, if i'm understanding what your talking about!! lol!! Used where the cable size is too large, to fit directly into the protective device etc... Come in several different configurations to suite the breaker and wiring/connection method being used!!

 

[bk81]

This is what I should've been taught at college! lol

 

[telectrix]

as eng54 says. a cable adapting gizmo.

 

[bk81]

Cheers.

Yeah it's that copper bit that goes in the thing then you join the other bit to it, you know the one!

Too young for my mind going to mush....I hope

 

[bk81]

So....anyone know where I can get them?

It's almost as hard to find a wholesalers as it is to find the name, been googling for the best part of today.

I think my brain has finally melted on this! lol

 

[DPG]

Brian?

 

[Golden_Boy]

Connection Extension bar/breaker connection adapter bar, if i'm understanding what your talking about!! lol!! Used where the cable size is too large, to fit directly into the protective device etc... Come in several different configurations to suite the breaker and wiring/connection method being used!!

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Possibly ???

 

[Glen Window]

busbar??

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it could be loads of things need more info

 

[bk81]

Good try Golden Boy, but no prize yet! lol



This might explain it a bit better.

It's a part that lets you connect 1 x crimped 50mm cable into a 2 pole 63A (effective 125A) mcb.

You can see from the photo the crimped cable lug is connected to the mini busbar with a bolt/nut.

Answers on a postcard!

 

[Geordie Spark]

In Geordie parlance, it's a WADDYACAALIT. Hope this helps.

 

[rocker]

Lateral terminals?

 

[SirKit Breaker]

In the Electrical world, use of correct terminology is key, so i will set the record right.
The title for the item of equipment you describe, and that someone has kindly put a photo up, is known as a "Short Stay". Make sure you ask for this at the wholesalers as they will understand what you mean.

Cheers.............Howard.

 

[Adam W]

In the Electrical world, use of correct terminology is key, so i will set the record right.
The title for the item of equipment you describe, and that someone has kindly put a photo up, is known as a "Short Stay". Make sure you ask for this at the wholesalers as they will understand what you mean.

Cheers.............Howard.

... As opposed to a 'long stay'?
Good luck finding one of those in any distributors around here; my old boss sent me to get one once, none of the ones I went to had any. They had a good look for me though.

 

[brookster]

MCB / RCBO Retro Fit Adaptor like that?

 

[brucelee]

is that instead of a long stay

 

[GLENNSPARK]

In the Electrical world, use of correct terminology is key, so i will set the record right.
The title for the item of equipment you describe, and that someone has kindly put a photo up, is known as a "Short Stay". Make sure you ask for this at the wholesalers as they will understand what you mean.

Cheers.............Howard.

dont know about `short stay` Howard...
had a lot of fun though sending the works dimmer to the stores for a `long stand`...
glass hammer, a bucket of steam & some welding sparks spring to mind here n all....

 

[Stroppy]

Couldn't you just clamp the flat bit of the crimped lug in the MCB terminal?

 

[bk81]

I found one!!!!!!

My work makes one for our systems, no wonder cos tryin to find them anywhere else is a nightmare! lol

In my work it is called a 2 pole bridge

 

[SirKit Breaker]

dont know about `short stay` Howard...
had a lot of fun though sending the works dimmer to the stores for a `long stand`...
glass hammer, a bucket of steam & some welding sparks spring to mind here n all....

Dont want to hijack the thread, but my best one was when i was in the RAF and i sent a new recruit to give a box of bearings to the Senior Navigation School Officer to replace the ones he had lost.

 

[KevinS]

Ah, a 2 pole bridge...... If only you had asked the question more clearly. Like - what's a 2 pole bridge called? I'm certain some of the cleverer ones on here would have been able to give you an answer