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Must have been a glitch somewhere then Mate, when I worked for them the stock control was very good.
It’s not stock control, it’s whats on the shelf in the local stores ...... not in the central stores
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Must have been a glitch somewhere then Mate, when I worked for them the stock control was very good.
Ok, I must have my thick head on today.
Why, if you can get to the back box of the socket not just extend from the socket itself?
I think I'll go with crimp, finally unpack my brand new crimper
Plus I'm a cheapskate.
Stock control in the Screwfix outlets are controlled, updated on a daily basis, from personal experience, I can vouch for their product maintainability.It’s not stock control, it’s whats on the shelf in the local stores ...... not in the central stores
If they are the standard red/blue/yellow crimps, they are not designed for use on solid conductors and do not provide any guarantee of a good, long lasting connection.
For solid cores you should be using uninsulated indent crimps and then the necessary good quality heatshrink sleeving to insulate them.
For extending rings in back boxes I find the Ideal in-line splices are fantastic...
https://www.NoLinkingToThis/p/ideal-spliceline-in-line-wire-connectors-pack-of-10/42201
Last time I checked, there were many crimp manufacturers that state their crimps are suitable for solid conductors.
https://www.NoLinkingToThis/p/ideal-in-sure-2-port-push-in-wire-connectors-pack-of-100/50427
Are these any good?
Or these...
https://www.NoLinkingToThis/p/ideal-in-sure-3-port-push-in-wire-connectors-pack-of-100/56118
The red, blue and yellow crimps are usually barrel type, with a thin wall solid tube inside a thicker wall split tube.I wouldn't use them due to the nature of the crimp construction. As you know, typically they are a split tube which is simply pressed into an oval shape when crimped. Usually it's quite a thin wall on the tube and I'm just not convinced they stand up well to the thermal cycling they may experience.
I've certainly tried a variety of crimps on solid cable in the past and not had much joy (various crimp manufacturers and various crimp tools), and I've pulled far too many apart with very little effort that have been installed on sites I've worked on, so I just steer clear and use things like the SpliceLine and Wagos.
Stock control in the Screwfix outlets are controlled, updated on a daily basis, from personal experience, I can vouch for their product maintainability.
The red, blue and yellow crimps are usually barrel type, with a thin wall solid tube inside a thicker wall split tube.
Company called AMP.I've not seen any like that. The one's I've seen have always been the split tube is the main inner.
Would you mind pointing me in the direction of that style please?
Company called AMP.
Although saying that it appears some of my crimps do not have the extra tube.
Crimp pak and Engex, don’t.
I think the extra tube ones are called ‘faston’.
They can be a bugger with fine staranded wires, as the strands try to go between the tubes.Thanks for that... will take a look
For future reference, what would you guys use for stranded cables?
Lever wago connectors personally for strandedFor future reference, what would you guys use for stranded cables?
Also... Are connector blocks no good for this application?
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