Wagos and ferrules

[Danny Gray]

Has anybody used a ferrule in a push fit wagos? I need to cut into a ring circuit to make a spur using singles (in conduit) but only have push fit wagos no good for flex as we know. I don't want to make a special trip in the morning and £20 on a box of latching wagos that I probably won't use again . What I want to know is if I use a ferrule will it fit in a orange 4way wago?

 

[PEG]

Hi,your singles should be stranded,which they accept,i think,from memory.

You could probably push a ferule on a fine wire in,if it didn't exceed the diameter of the Wago's maximum capacity,BUT,you may not find, Wago approve of such ingenuity,

 

[Pete999]

Has anybody used a ferrule in a push fit wagos? I need to cut into a ring circuit to make a spur using singles (in conduit) but only have push fit wagos no good for flex as we know. I don't want to make a special trip in the morning and £20 on a box of latching wagos that I probably won't use again . What I want to know is if I use a ferrule will it fit in a orange 4way wago?

Do you mean Tri rated cable when you refer to flex?

 

[westward10]

Highly unlikely a ferrule will fit.

 

[LeeH]

I've used BLF in the push wagos. They seemed to hold in fine.

 

[Danny Gray]

Do you mean Tri rated cable when you refer to flex?

Yeah, my bad!

 

[LeeH]

...obviously it has to be small enough.

 

[Pete999]

Yeah, my bad!

In that cas doubt very much you would get a 2.5mm2 tri rated conductor and ferrule into a wago

 

[Andy78]

I'd be using lever wagos. Don't worry about not using the rest of the box up, send them to me and I'll make sure they get used.

 

[The Ghost]

You are using seven strand 2.5mm² singles?... You can push them into push fit...but you must use "the force in you"

 

[LeeH]

Think he's using 2.5 tri for whatever reason.

 

[The Ghost]

Oh yeh it does say earlier, but why?

 

[LeeH]

All he had in the van?

 

[snowhead]

Oh yeh it does say earlier, but why?

Is the TRI the existing he's cutting into?

 

[LeeH]

Is the TRI the existing he's cutting into?

Good point!

This thread is getting more exciting by the minute.

 

[Pete999]

Can#t wait for the next installment, better than any detective story.

 

[Midwest]

Can#t wait for the next installment, better than any detective story.

That was Cagney & Lacey, not Wago & Ferrules

 

[Pete999]

That was Cagney & Lacey, not Wago & Ferrules

Or Body and Doyle,

 

[LeeH]

That's catchy, maybe it could be a cartoon in PE. Like Striker in the Sun.

 

[Midwest]

Have you see that crazy PE post about Carbo e-paint. I thought was April Fools for a moment. Didn't want to say anything, think I might have already offended them, being so they are forum sponsors.