Push fit or lever wagos ?

[topquark]

I've only ever used the lever type.

 

[DurhamSparky]

i use pus fits and also the lighting push/cage clamp version for downlights!!

 

[pushrod]

not got one of it im afraid well not at the mo , im going back there next week so ill try and get one for you , they are a bit pricey especially the green and yellow ones so ive used blue and the gray ones and ill be honest i did it in half the time of using normal din connectors as theres no screws just push them on and move to the next very very good so saying the money in the time it takes to install

Doing it for myself and time is one thing i have plenty of so price is a bit more important to me - as long as the quality is ok. Probs going to use these(Electrifix) at about 44p each - slower but should do the job well enough. What did you think of the Wago enclosure - space and access wise for cables?

 

[nickblake]

i get mine for about 70p each from the electric ctr and they seem as good as the wago ones. if you want a couple of samples let me know and i will order some in

that would be great phil always looking for new things to try but let me know the cost and ill send you some money mate

 

[nickblake]

Doing it for myself and time is one thing i have plenty of so price is a bit more important to me - as long as the quality is ok. Probs going to use these(Electrifix) at about 44p each - slower but should do the job well enough. What did you think of the Wago enclosure - space and access wise for cables?

they are quite spacey but i have to admit i tend to use adaptable boxes and cut the holes to suit the amount of cables im installing and the use an armoured cleet to secure them , im sure ive used some of the electrofix ones and they were quite good but it was a while ago

 

[pushrod]

they are quite spacey but i have to admit i tend to use adaptable boxes and cut the holes to suit the amount of cables im installing and the use an armoured cleet to secure them , im sure ive used some of the electrofix ones and they were quite good but it was a while ago

Yep that is what i am going to do - have found a plexo box that easily takes a DIN rail in preformed holes in it.

 

[Phil]

i use the adaptable boxes too.

 

[eskimo39]

What are peoples feelings regarding using wago's for lighting without an enclosure?

 

[nickblake]

What are peoples feelings regarding using wago's for lighting without an enclosure?

they do need an enclosure , pvc pvc cables are double insulated outer insulation then the inner insulation covering the copper his insulation is required so you have to install them in an enclosure which has strain relief hence your 17th edition junction boxes

 

[Graeme Harrold]

I buy direct from Wago and get 8 packs of enclosures (then P&P free). They are made for the job and slip easilly through downlighter holes. Its all click fit and the cable clamp is integral. As for the din rails clamps, I have used IMO adaptable boxes in the past, plenty of room inside (depth wise).

 

[johnboy6083]

dont forget though, for people who havent used the din rail terminals before, that you need to blank the live side off, after the last terminal, and that the g/y ones bond to the rail, so when your testing, you will have to disconnect the earths from them, otherwise you will be measuring all the cpcs, and earths connected via these terminals
when ive used these remotely from the CU, i dont bother with the g/y terminals for that reason.

 

[pennywise]

I only ever seem to use the lever type, I only use the one size of push fit Wago the one that excepts 6mm as the levers don't go that large

 

[SirKit Breaker]

The helacon pushfit connectors are very good as well, in my humble opinion just as good as wago, but a bit cheaper. i have fit hundreds and none have failed yet. There is a difference though, Wagos are reusable, but helacon have to be cut off, so you can only use them once.

I love the wago's when i am testing, make life very easy.

Cheers........Howard

 

[alanl]

Hi Nick, you got a photo of that,

This isnt my photo, it is a contributer from a newsgroup, but I have done the same twice now on CU changes.
http://www.cucumber.demon.co.uk/cu1.jpg
http://www.cucumber.demon.co.uk/cu2.jpg

 

[SPARTYKUS]

someone told me Wago's are military spec (what ever that means). But it sounds good.