Crimps in consumer unit?

[onions1066]

Kas1 so what's your point?

 

[vaughant]

Yes the joints were soldered using the correct solder,heat shrinked individual cores,heat shrinked over the t&e and then insulated taped as well to provide a perfect joint.
I yanked them like mad(which is a technical term) and they didn't come off so I think it'll be ok.
I don't much domestic as you can probably see!!!

 

[Big n Daft]

I'm on my 4th haha

Fat b'stard

 

[Darkwood]

If this thread gets any longer the first post will be repeated on DAVE anytime soon :smartass2:

 

[zap]

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[Victor]

Wago's have got to be the next best thing to sliced bread in my opinion.

Over here in France we can have junction boxes that can take over an hour to cable up using connector blocks, with Wago's you are talking about a 10th of the time, and when time is money, it does not take a lot of working out what one wins.

 

[trev]

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[Bobster]

Jesus Christ!

I know they've stopped teaching how to solder joints but I didn't realise they were teaching that they are against regs.

Yes a bad solder joint is a bad joint but so is any form of connection done wrongly.

 

[Edd]

So You rewire a lighting circuit. Pull your nice new Twin and Earth through an old conduit system,,, strip it back, Connect the line and switch line. and sleave the Earth!!!!

Crap no earth lug!! Ok I just wrap it around a screw!!! Or do i use a nice red lug crimp and then tap the box.

If you answered Wrap it then shame on you,, seen this type of thing come off many times...

If you said crimp a nice red lug on the "solid core" then Im with you its a much more Professional joint and less likely to come off.

 

[zap]

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Thanks Trev, intuitively, that's what I had done.

 

[zap]

Hi Guys,

I got the following response from a retailer. The datasheet (link) says they're okay for solid conductors.

The splices suitable for solid cores are SV1525, and are uninsulated. See Butt-connector, copper 1.5 - 50 mm² for further info.

 

[Darkwood]

So You rewire a lighting circuit. Pull your nice new Twin and Earth through an old conduit system,,, strip it back, Connect the line and switch line. and sleave the Earth!!!!

Crap no earth lug!! Ok I just wrap it around a screw!!! Or do i use a nice red lug crimp and then tap the box.

If you answered Wrap it then shame on you,, seen this type of thing come off many times...

If you said crimp a nice red lug on the "solid core" then Im with you its a much more Professional joint and less likely to come off.

Id say always make sure your prepared for job in hand.. the preferredmethod here would be a cup and washer which was designed for solid core i have a tub of them and wouldn't crimp a lug unless stranded i also agree just wrapping it around isnt effective ... it might seem im just been picky here but the earth crimp as any other must also be able to withstand in some cases 1000's of amps in a short circuit and this is where the failures have been seen when manufacturers test there crimps to destruction...

Zap has provided an excellent example of a butt crimp that has been designed for solid core cable and for this crimp you would need a different ratchet crimper than you are used to with standard red/blu/yellow lugs or butt crimps.

 

[KAS1]

That is a perfect way to explain the crimps situation well done

Id say always make sure your prepared for job in hand.. the preferredmethod here would be a cup and washer which was designed for solid core i have a tub of them and wouldn't crimp a lug unless stranded i also agree just wrapping it around isnt effective ... it might seem im just been picky here but the earth crimp as any other must also be able to withstand in some cases 1000's of amps in a short circuit and this is where the failures have been seen when manufacturers test there crimps to destruction...

Zap has provided an excellent example of a butt crimp that has been designed for solid core cable and for this crimp you would need a different ratchet crimper than you are used to with standard red/blu/yellow lugs or butt crimps.

 

[Silly Sausage]

Hi Guys,

I got the following response from a retailer. The datasheet (link) says they're okay for solid conductors.

The splices suitable for solid cores are SV1525, and are uninsulated. See Butt-connector, copper 1.5 - 50 mm² for further info.

Thanks for that zap.
Have you got a link to the right tool for those crimps by any chance?
(Can't be bothered trawling through the website)

 

[zap]

I researched the many crimping tools on that site but couldn't find any prices. Hmmmm. I'll take another look tomorrow and let you know.