WAGO 222 connectors review and demo. How to use with WAGOBOX Junction Box.

welcome to P around the house in this video I'm going to give you a quick review and product demonstration of the wo 222 connector blocks wo 222 series come in a box like this as you can see on the box they accept a solid conductor from 0.08 Mil up to 2.5 mil they accept a braided cable from 0.08 Mil up to 2.5 mil and they accept flexible cable from 0.08 Mil all the way up to 4 mil they come in a range of sizes and the ones I'm demonstrating today are the ones with two Terminals and the ones with three terminals the 222 series of Wago connector blocks are rated at 400 volt and 32 amps this makes these perfect for working on any domestic electrical wiring protected by a 32 amp fuse or less for example a domestic ring main or a domestic lighting circuit these connectors must be used in a suitable enclosure the perfect enclosure for these wo 222 connectors is the wo box junction box and this has been designed specifically to take these connectors along with the 773 range the cables are automatically secured within the wgo Box junction box so there is no need to clamp or clip them outside the enclosure in this demonstration I'm using the CK automatic wire strippers and I'll review these in another video first strip a length of cable down to Sid once you've removed your gray outer sheath to the required length use the guide on the back of the connector push your cable up to the end of the guide mark it with your thummal finger take your wire strippers and put them in line with the mark you made and strip your wire like so just release the levers by pulling them up that then slots straight into the connector block flick the lever down and that is securely fastened inside the connector and it's that simple what I particularly like with these connector blocks is all three cables need to be both cut and stripped to the same length which when using automatic wire strippers makes it extremely easy use your guide Mark that with your thumb take your cable inside strip and you've now got the same length bits of cable to put inside your connector block so just cover your Earth with some M sheath take your connector block click that on there and then you can pop your other cables into the other connector blocks as required if you want to do any electrical testing on your cables you don't need to remove them from the connector block you simply put your testing device inside this little hole here these connector blocks are extremely useful when doing lighting circuits so if we treat this as a mock setup for a ceiling light if we take what I've labeled as my Loop in you can put your live into there your neutral into the next connector block and the earth into the Earth connector block you can then take your Loop out you connect the live to the live connect the neutral to the neutral you connect the Earth to the Earth then our switch live the live to the live or The Loop we put the Earth to the Earth and then where our switch live returns via the neutral cable marked with a brown piece of tape to indicate the switch live we put that into the live terminal then this cable would go to your light fitting and we put the live into the live to create the switch live the neutral would go back to the neutral because these are only 1.5 mil cables we can pop that into the Earth and share an Earth with another C cable so you can see how versatile these connectors are and that would be how to do a light fit in using these connector blocks these connector blocks can then sit inside your light fitting if it's deep enough or if they need to be housed in an enclosure in the ceiling we can use the wo box junction box this is the wo box junction box flip the lid open the cables enter the Box they grip in there so they don't require fastening outside of the box and this prevents them from being pulled from the connector blocks and the connectors just sit in this end compartment there so for example with these push them into the box like that so those two go in there then you can push those two on top your cables just squeeze between those Fasteners there if you're just using the twin terminals you can fit three in each side if you're using three or more you can only get two in each side so just give that a good squeeze together the wagle box is securely fastened and that can then push up into the ceiling and these cables are secure and can't pull loose from the connectors let's just say for example you've got a junction box and you just want to connect two lengths of cable together very you simply just take the connector block put all your neutrals together and one in there push your lives together one in there and one in there and push your Earth together one in there and one in there obviously if you only need two terminals in each block you can use the one with two levers instead of three it's entirely up to you these connectors are completely reusable just flick the levers up remove the connector block and that can then be used again on another set of cables so personally I think these are a brilliant B of Kit if you're using automatic wire strippers you can cut and strip these all to the same length at once it's got a guide on the back to help you when stripping your cable they're reusable you've got the wagle box junction box which is specifically designed to fit these connector blocks this saves a lot of time a lot of effort it makes the job quick simple and in my opinion cheap even an idiot can use these for more DIY howto household tips and product review please watch my other videos and don't forget to subscribe I've been P around the house T farewell [Music]

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Length: 6min 43sec (403 seconds)

Published: Sun Jan 01 2017