Terminal blocks and tape

[electromonkey]

Morning all.

A straight forward question if I may.

When is it acceptable to use terminal blocks and electrical tape?

 

[SirKit Breaker]

This is one of my biggest hates, and Mr DIY loves the stuff. What a pig it can be to get insulation tape off once something has been embalmed in the stuff, and it starts to go gooey.

 

[jenions]

1 word .... WAGO

 

[SirKit Breaker]

1 word .... WAGO

Heres another........Helacon

 

[cadspark]

2nd word BOX

 

[sparks_114]

In the wild wild west

You mean the Wide Wild West, and in the remit of the Yee Haa Builder Services Ltd. Lol.

 

[mayfair]

Speaker cables

 

[telectrix]

and on all connections on 1000watt stereos and amps in boy racers' cars. bvit of luck they'll all catch fire and blow up.

 

[mayfair]

especially on 1000w stereos

and on all connections on 1000watt stereos and amps in boy racers' cars. bvit of luck they'll all catch fire and blow up.

 

[Amp David]

2nd word BOX

As long as its not a Wago box, why when there's cheaper alternatives?

 

[electromonkey]

Speaker cables

Is the correct answer. 10 points to Mayfair.

 

[electromonkey]

yep agree the blocks look terrible much better to just twist together and use the tape.

LOL I nearly spat my coffee out when I read this! It reminded me of a customer who went the extra mile when putting a light fitting up and used a lighter to melt the cables to expose the copper then adopted the "twist and tape" method. He was really put out when I told him it was one of the worst pieces of work I had ever seen.