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[Darkwood]

Right ... Just been nudged to set this up by Paul.M and sounds a good idea following recent threads I've done in the Arms..

Rules....No Offensive material... edit if required before posting as this is the public arena.
Anything to do with the trade or in and around it ...H&S pic's welcome.



I've posted this a few times and this is at a mates house following a kitchen refirb several yrs ago. mg_smile:

 

[westward10]

It has a square captive clamp washer under the terminal screw so it shouldn't matter but the housing rarely prevents them from twisting.

 

[DPG]

It has a square captive clamp washer under the terminal screw so it shouldn't matter but the housing rarely prevents them from twisting.

Trust Westy to spoil things.

 

[pirate]

Not exactly the correct place to post this, but I didn't want to start a new thread, sorry.

On another forum we got this query:
"Hi guys can some clever person tell me how I insert a bulb in a single socket. I ask because contrary to the overall advice from the general membership is erroneous."
Not exactly clear, but a few folk did answer, asking for clarification, and a photo or two so we could try to assist.
a mention was made of the bulb being a lamp...reply from the OP was that a lamp was the thing you screwed the bulb into, and why couldn't someone just come up with a solution to his question...

I think I came up with a good solution, but he wasn't impressed...

 

[Mike Johnson]

It has a square captive clamp washer under the terminal screw so it shouldn't matter but the housing rarely prevents them from twisting.

Not true the square clamp under the screw does nothing to prevent the cable from twisting clear left or right, it's a placebo to the fixing, turning the clamp screw fixing clockwise is always going to be beneficial to the eventual overall continuity of the circuit.

 

[westward10]

Not true the square clamp under the screw does nothing to prevent the cable from twisting clear left or right, it's a placebo to the fixing, turning the clamp screw fixing clockwise is always going to be beneficial to the eventual overall continuity of the circuit.

Well it is true the Achilles heel is that poor retention of the square shaped washer allows it to shift. The square shaped washer having said that it not allowed to fully turn unlike the circular washer you are commonly referring to whereby the conductor can be repelled by the action of the screw to the motion of the washer.

 

[brianmoooore]

turning the clamp screw fixing clockwise is always going to be beneficial to the eventual overall continuity of the circuit.

On everything except a 5A Wylex rewireable fuse.
Winding the wire clockwise around the screw results in it being pulled tight and placed under stress that will eventually cause it to fail. Anticlockwise, and you control the slack by pulling the wire still on the card.

 

[cireland]

I used to put a little squiggle in the middle then when you tighten it, it pulls almost straight.

 

[Mike Johnson]

On everything except a 5A Wylex rewireable fuse.

This Dinosaur has not seen one of those for years.

 

[littlespark]

Exactly as Westy explained.

Now if you’ve got 2 conductors, and a square captive washer… do you put one on each side of the screw?

 

[nicebutdim]

Exactly as Westy explained.

Now if you’ve got 2 conductors, and a square captive washer… do you put one on each side of the screw?

Yes.

If both won't fit on one side, you'd have no option.

 

[brianmoooore]

Exactly as Westy explained.

Now if you’ve got 2 conductors, and a square captive washer… do you put one on each side of the screw?

Yes, it removes the bending moment on the screw. Ideally, a single cable should be bent through 180 degrees for the same reason.

 

[littlespark]

Not exactly the correct place to post this, but I didn't want to start a new thread, sorry.

On another forum we got this query:
"Hi guys can some clever person tell me how I insert a bulb in a single socket. I ask because contrary to the overall advice from the general membership is erroneous."
Not exactly clear, but a few folk did answer, asking for clarification, and a photo or two so we could try to assist.
a mention was made of the bulb being a lamp...reply from the OP was that a lamp was the thing you screwed the bulb into, and why couldn't someone just come up with a solution to his question...

I think I came up with a good solution, but he wasn't impressed...

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2 pin bulb into a 3 pin socket? You absolute rebel

 

[mainline]

Not true the square clamp under the screw does nothing to prevent the cable from twisting clear left or right, it's a placebo to the fixing, turning the clamp screw fixing clockwise is always going to be beneficial to the eventual overall continuity of the circuit.

If the square clamp did nothing

Exactly as Westy explained.

Now if you’ve got 2 conductors, and a square captive washer… do you put one on each side of the screw?

Or use ring/forked crimp terminal

 

[ipf]

On everything except a 5A Wylex rewireable fuse.
Winding the wire clockwise around the screw results in it being pulled tight and placed under stress that will eventually cause it to fail. Anticlockwise, and you control the slack by pulling the wire still on the card.

Might be a good idea for someone who's new to them or has done very few.
Clockwise for me, though, leaving enough slack to allow for the tightening. When you've done thousands you tend to acquire an eye for it.

 

[westward10]

Snapped 5A fuse wire, never happened to me