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A donut of a builder has helpfully run a piece of swa two core 16mm to a small feature fountain fitted with 1.5mm flex, suggestions on best way to join, couldn’t get the 16mm in a wago!
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providing its all tidy and insulated, could someone please explain why the suggestion of using a single strand into a wago would be frowned upon.
Leaving strands out of a termination violates a fundamental rule that is deeply imprinted in any (good) electrician's brain
Although it sounds terrible, if you stop and think about it.Anyone who just uses a couple of strands in a termination and cuts the rest off should be put on some sort of register.
Although it sounds terrible, if you stop and think about it.
...because it would only work properly if the same few strands were connected at the other end...?If the size of the conductor is going to be reduced from 16mm to 1.5mm then, leaving aside the IPxx rating, and providing its all tidy and insulated, could someone please explain why the suggestion of using a single strand into a wago would be frowned upon. To me it seems a practical way to reduce the conductor. What am i missing?
Isn't an approved method to leave a strand long to terminate, then solder all the strands together, finally cover with heatshrink?
Don't think soIsn't an approved method to leave a strand long to terminate, then solder all the strands together, finally cover with heatshrink?
Well I never did! goes against the grain though.
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