Whiska Quixx

[GETWIRED]

Just seeing peoples opinions on the whiska Quixx glands for tails? Bad practice to use them without tails clamps within CU?

 

[Rpa07]

You answered the question whilst I was typing

 

[Midwest]

This is what I trying to poorly explain.

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Trying to think what that reminds me of?

 

[westward10]

Is that strand still attached or 1 long strand cut off and used?

My old gaffer bared it back long and used one of the strands, I use a bit of 2.5.

 

[Midwest]

Playtime over. I'm off to cook the tea and get mildly squiffy

 

[Wilko]

Try it, use a bit of bare 2.5 it makes a connection that doesn't settle as the strands don't shift.

AKA whipping - whip it good !

 

[HandySparks]

It stops the copper strands shifting.

I would suggest that binding the strands like this would be a good method where the terminal uses one or more screws bearing directly on the core, as it would protect the strands from damage, rather in the fashion of a bootlace terminal. On a cage clamp type terminal, I don't think it would offer any particular advantage over settling the strands properly into the terminal.

 

[NDG Elecs]

Thanks for the Griploc link Mid via Lee!

I was about to order around 10 of the Sprint version, which would be considerably more expensive. Also I like the fact the 25/16mm gland is 32mm, as can use my cone cutter which I find quicker and neater than a hole saw.

 

[westward10]

I would suggest that binding the strands like this would be a good method where the terminal uses one or more screws bearing directly on the core, as it would protect the strands from damage, rather in the fashion of a bootlace terminal. On a cage clamp type terminal, I don't think it would offer any particular advantage over settling the strands properly into the terminal.

I disagree but each to his own.