Coloured "Henley blocks" from Lewden

[pc1966]

Very rarely do I see any promotion that makes me think "Oh, I should get some of those!" but recent spam from Lewden was for 100A joining blocks in the 3P+N+E colours. TLC seem to have them (or at least will stock them soon):

Meter Tails - ( 6181Y )

They appear to have side guides to lock together which could help with a neat in-line installation, the Proteus ones have something similar but its a little plastic bit that often has fallen off. Has anyone had experience of the Lewden ones?

Edit: The link to TLC should take you there, but it gets replaced with text for 6181Y tails cable type!

 

[westward10]

You are such a saddo
They are service terminal blocks, Henley is a brand name.

 

[nicebutdim]

Appeal of the Proteus connectors was a form of plastic which didn't resemble bakelite and also hex terminal screws. If Lewden managed to incorporate the above, then I'd happily buy them.

I've heard sparks complaining about those hex terminal screws, becasue they don't have hex allen keys (must keep up with abuse of brand names). What sort of electrician doesn't have hex keys in their box/bag?

 

[littlespark]

+1 for the proteus ones. Reusable as unused holes can be safely blanked off

Now excuse me while I hoover up my mess…

 

[pc1966]

They look very similar to the Proteus ones, and indeed do have Allen (hex) head screws. Some more blurb here:

https://www.lewden.com/media/docs/80832-lewden-promo-terminal-at-1-2.pdf

 

[brianmoooore]

Why are all service terminal blocks made upside down? More often than not, they are used to join three cables, and if I'm making holes in an enclosure containing 230 volts, I'd rather those holes were on the underside.

 

[freddo]

I hate the Proteus blocks, the hexagons in the terminal screw heads are often all slightly different sizes.

 

[pc1966]

I hate the Proteus blocks, the hexagons in the terminal screw heads are often all slightly different sizes.

I have only use a handful of them and in recent times, they were all 3mm hex.

 

[freddo]

I have only use a handful of them and in recent times, they were all 3mm hex.

Yes 3mm but the sizes varied from 3mm to about 3.5mm in the ones I've seen, so 3mm hex tool didn't fit well on some of the terminals.

 

[pc1966]

Yes 3mm but the sizes varied from 3mm to about 3.5mm in the ones I've seen, so 3mm hex tool didn't fit well on some of the terminals.

Ah, sounds like poor QA.

 

[nicebutdim]

Ah, sounds like poor QA.

Probably shouldn't come as a surprise, yet I'd thought Proteus had managed to come up with something of use.

 

[Simon47]

Edit: The link to TLC should take you there, but it gets replaced with text for 6181Y tails cable type!

I assume you just copied the link from the browser and pasted it in ?
If you use the link button (the two links of chain, roughly middle above the text entry box, you can paste in the link and manually specify the text that is to appear in the post. I suspect you can also edit it after the fact, but I haven't tried that.

As to the blocks, yes that's a nice development - pity they aren't red, blue, yellow, black though <ducks for cover>

 

[freddo]

As to the blocks, yes that's a nice development - pity they aren't red, blue, yellow, black though <ducks for cover>

Tell the office idiots that changed the cable colours that.

 

[pc1966]

As to the blocks, yes that's a nice development - pity they aren't red, blue, yellow, black though <ducks for cover>

Blue & black are there, just need red and yellow. I am sure that elsewhere in the world they are needed...also red has made a come-back in Table 51 for DC positive!

Sense at last! Cats and dogs living in harmony!