Words from the Inspectors Mouth about Wago!

[tonys]

If this is the case, then god help the rest of the good working practices in the UK!!! The slippery path will turn into a downhill ski race slope.

Purposely engineered to water down the industry, gone are the days of good solid engineers who were sent out to assess future members.

Rarely does anyone who applies, fail to meet the criteria and all the work is wonderful, don't care anymore fella. Labour started it and this lot will continue it lol

 

[rocker]

To the naysayers - do you actually know what a wago is? Have you used them? I'm telling you, if you put a thin cable into one, lets say 1.5mm twin, and try and pull them apart, I'd put money on it that the cable would snap before the wago failed.

Personally I like to have them in enclosures, but in a loft or under a floor I wouldn't worry if I found one in shrink wrap or tape.

 

[bugsy]

I've been using these for the last 6years , but before we stated I did ask NIC technical , he couldnt answer staight away but phoned me two days later saying they were perectly acceptable but suggested we used a choc box with cable grips

 

[thekingiam]

never used them myself, are they like the connections you would use to connect your speaker cable to your stereo?

 

[bugsy]

ER no. google wago connectors

 

[telectrix]

the lever ones are, king, but the more common are push in and it's in for good.

 

[RecycleElectron]

I use them a lot but would never consider using them outside of some sort of enclosure, legal or not for strain relief and insulation reasons. They are great as long as you don't try to do too much in one Wago box. The DIN rail mounted holders in a bigger enclosure are good when things get complicated. I used them for a NIC assessment job but got no comments on them.

 

[Phil]

i given the choice would rather see a wago or hellacon than a jointbox or block. the connection the hellas or the wagos give to the cable is far superior they do of course need to be enclosed in whatever enclosure is needed for the location. i will say this thoguh after the amount of blocks i have seen un protected in ceilings and various other places and also the crimped cables that have failed due to not being done properly i would rather see the wagos

 

[rocker]

Exactly... it's pretty difficult to screw up a wago connection!

When I'm saying wagos, I actually use helacons most of the time, and keep a small amount of Wagos for larger cables. I'm going to have a crack at the wago 'lighting' style connectors after chatting with Durham the other day, though.....

 

[Pat Tester]

The Wago lighting connections are great.

 

[Engineer54]

Absolutely nothing wrong with Wago's, Helico's, Crimp, joints. There's a BIG problem when they are left flapping about in lofts and within floor voids. That would instantly tell me, that the person that left those joints with out an enclosure was not a competent electrician, but just another bodge-a-job merchant!!!

 

[Deleted member 9648]

IMO unenclosed joints of any kind are not acceptable,inner cores of sheathed cables should not be exposed.....I also believe joints of any kind plastered in to the fabric of the building are unacceptable and would never do it....regardless of regs or advise from scheme providers nothing will ever change my opinion on that.

 

[DurhamSparky]

DNO joint cables then hoy them 3 ft under concrete and forget about them!!! same difference??

 

[poirot]

where do you buy your wagos and which kit do you recommend, will be handy for a job i have coming up but have never used them before and would like to get best value for money. Will be using them for some 1.5 t&e but would like to get a good selection to keep on the van.

 

[RecycleElectron]

Maybe, but 3 ft under concrete they don't burn houses down or get stressed by builders etc. after installation. (diggers excepted)........