Will you EVER use screws again? WAGO TOPJOB S DIN RAIL Terminal blocks

we're going to take a look at  wago's Topjob S dim rail connectors well you love a bit of panel building and  when i think about panel building i think   about those DIN rail connectors and those  endless screws i'm going to have to wind   down onto my conductors yeah you're right  yes because you're using the wrong kit   now you've lost a few races that we've featured  on the channel before i mean when you start   stuck with your old screwdriver and your old screw  terminals where some of the more enlightened panel   builders have moved on to screw-less terminals  in the form of the Wago Topjob S and that's   what we'll have a look at today and you've  been using screwless connectors in this form   for many many years you've got plenty of years  to go back on as well haven't you gordon i have   and yeah this is a fantastic system we're  only going to scratch the surface of it today   but if you're stuck in the world of screw terminals let's just have a little look at the   difference between them okay so take me back  on the screwed once okay so this is a very   traditional din rail terminal so yeah it obviously  fits on the din rail at the bottom and there's our   cage screw terminal so yeah put your wire in  tighten the screw up and it tightens down very   familiar to me that one yeah where'd the wago uses  the cage clamp technology and obviously being open   sided we can see how that operates so let's take  a closer look at how this works with different   conductor types so you're going to start off with  a solid conductor then yeah so class one conductor   so yeah a single piece of copper just pushes  straight in very easy yeah and it's clear to   see how it works as well isn't it so let's repeat  now with a class two so semi-stranded so again   seven individual conductors in there again pushes  straight in a little effort step up to a ferrule one   so again these will push straight in might need a  little bit more effort because of the flexibility   of the conductor but again no tool needed okay  that went in easily yep yeah so the only one   we will need our operating tool with is a fine  stranded conductor that isn't feraled yeah yeah   so it's a class five conductor so you can  push the operating tool and you see the cage   open you do don't you yeah and then just slides in  yeah slides in and twisted them together and then   just yeah pull it out and then clamp shut right  well that's them in how you're going to get them   all back out yeah so same process in reverse  but you will need to use the operating tool   for each type of conductor so again just push  in remove, the conductor repeat the process push in   open the cage clamp and it's just easy yet  yeah remove it that's very simple isn't it   yeah very clean operation simple there's not you  don't have to lever it it's not a lever not like   some connectors you have to actually move it  you're just pushing it in to open up the cage that was a little bit tricky because in that  video you showed me a four conductor connection   point and originally you just showed me a two  is there any other variants well there's lots   of variants but you're right one of the advantages  of this system is you can get more connections per   way on the din rail so you don't end up having  to spread out for miles and miles to make all   those connections so you're right here you've  spotted the four-way version which I've got here   so this is like new builds isn't it it's easier  to go up than it is go out isn't it it is yeah so   yeah so there's four connections in there it's all  common together you can do a three version as well   right um but it doesn't stop there gary it's not  just about spreading uh yeah you can also spread   upwards as well so here's a two conductor a two  um two pole version right you have two circuits   running through this din rail connector so you can  stack them top and bottom so just just show you   that so the top section here is not physically  connected to the bottom section is that right   nope that's right yep so that's two individual  circuits otherwise you can also go three high and   in this variant they're actually common together  with this connection piece down oh wow so that's   awesome so you've got six connecting points there  yeah do they make one of these where i could say   stack two two and two without that connecting  piece yeah so again you could have that so say   you had a line neutral and earth connection  with lots of connections leaving a panel   and yeah that's a great way of saving lots  of space it is it is i like that a lot yeah   so you just imagine yeah six connections in a  in a single way yeah that is that is yeah that   is really good now we've obviously had a look at  them but we haven't seen you build any of these up   yeah so let's have a look at how we actually  assemble the various components onto the din rail   so let's start with an essential accessory that  a lot of people forget and that's the end stop so   this stops the din rail terminals moving along the  din rail itself and it also stops them splitting   apart when you're using them so pretty important  but again away go on gary what's missing from   this part there'll be no screws it just clips  into position holds in firmly before you insert   your next bit yeah so let's look at the terminals  themselves again the thing a lot of people forget   is to put an end cap on so if you don't have an  end cap what have you got you could have potential   if that was the line connection obviously live  parts that are accessible to touch by putting   the cap on we removed that but as you add more and  more into the system you wouldn't need to put them   in wood no it's just the first one so again just  clip them into place got some little spigots there   yeah they just nicely click into place  and then we can put that on the din rail   and again no screws so just clip straight on  as we've just seen yes yeah so again hook it   under one end yeah and then just push onto the  din rail nice little click okay yeah yeah into   place start building up our components so yeah  the next one doesn't need the end cap oh yeah   so it faces through yeah okay start building up  so you may then choose to put on an intermediate   cap so you might want to visually indicate the end  of one section of common connectors with another   so you can add an individual one and you can put  them in grey or you can use orange so it's very   easily apparent where they are you don't need to  do that but it is helpful sometimes when you've   got a mass row of terminals i like that yeah so  you can clearly see a subdivision there yeah and   we continue the process on yeah again just build  them up and then let's have a look at one for   the uh earth or cpc connection so you notice here  this metal clip that's going to connect it to the   to the din rail itself okay so it's earth in the  dim rail as we go yeah and then obviously connect   the terminals you want to put  in if you have another set of uh   earth connections or CPC connections yeah  they're now common together ah right yeah so   so they're actually linked those CPCs   together be careful if you obviously had   individual circuits you were testing because  they'd obviously be linked together at that   point yeah as well again yes sometimes people  make that mistake then another end cap on and   that's going to lock them together so if you don't  have that you see they will split apart which   can be a problem especially when you're levering  them open okay so that will end the section   that you want to put in here yeah and now can  you link together some of these yeah you can   put that in first then you'll think they won't  move there nicely tightly punched together yeah   so now you may want to common some of those parts  together and it's just these little common links   and there are lots of options for this you can  you can have ones that miss out connections so you   can have adjacent or yeah a spanner gap uh between  them so they just clip in place so we saw some dim   rail assembly there and you started putting some  conductors in so i'm going to bring the camera in   to have a little closer look yeah so again the  ferrules you can push directly in the terminal   but i find depending on how thick the wire is it  is sometimes just easier to use the operating tool   but it is a really dead easy just push it in  push the conductor in and let it close so it's   it's a fast process and the advantage of obviously  on a screw on a screw terminal you obviously   haven't pushed the conductor in the side here  where it can be difficult to see in there right   actually getting it right in the terminal in fact  these are forward-facing you bring the conductor   over the top and in so you're in a panel maybe  quite a low panel with that other style you're   almost yeah yeah kind of getting underneath it for  all the bottom sections yeah and then obviously   the common points between them on a yes watch  the video if you haven't seen it where gary loses   uh a little race even though he's got the latest  technology he ends up with a special biscuit   yeah you'll see how much effort it  is to put in lots of scrutiny it is   and it is and it's yeah over and over again we're  all about making your life easier ethics and we've   seen that that will make our life for the panel  builder considerably easier but out the corner   of my eye I can't help but noticing what's going  on here yeah i'll get rid of that and then yeah yeah this is beautiful yeah so i've made  up this uh version here to show some of the   breadth of the range and obviously as everyone  knows we love a part number and this gives a sort   of idea of the different part number combinations  and that's probably the most difficult thing about   this system is the range is immense lots of  variants but once you start to get the grips   with it is actually quite easy so here's the  ones we've looked at straight away which were   the ones where you either pushed the conductor in  and then needed the operating tool to remove them   but with these versions you start to start seeing  there's the push the push button okay so slightly   different yeah yeah so to operate that it's a case  of yeah just starting with the operating tool yeah   well obviously solids are semi strengthen  it very easily and push them straight in   but if i want to remove it i just push down the  push button and it comes out so that's one option   the other one is we've got a lever connection here  like a lever lift the lever so again very simple   push in and close so these are great options so  imagine you've built a panel a lot of the wiring   for panel takes place in the factory in a workshop  environment you do all your interconnections there   it's sometimes good to be able to differentiate  between the connections you've made in the factory   and the ones where the customer gets the gets the  hands into so they don't necessarily stray into   areas you'd rather that didn't yeah so perhaps  those levers are for the incoming supply maybe   the pushed sections would be for perhaps the  machinery they need to add into the panel   and maybe all your connections would use that that  tool that isn't a screwdriver what is it called   it's this is an operating tool yeah so don't get  confused it's not a screwdriver yeah and that's   what we've got here so obviously you can have ones  with you know a lever operation on either side a   push button operation on either side but when you  get further up the range you can have variants   where it's a lever on one side and the either the  push button or the uh use of the operating slot   on the other so what you've got here so we've  got these big these cables here i'll take it   with 16 millimeter square to conductors we don't  want to get into the part numbers but there is a   thing about the the zero digit there being this  the second one from this uh right hand side that   is a zero so is that up to one mil cable shield  so this starts at up to one millimeter cables   then we step up to 1.5 millimeter cable okay  two is 2.5 millimeter cables underneath here   there's a little test plug in there it's four  millimeter 6 10 16. okay just to correct myself   then so it's actually the this n digit here isn't  it it's the end digit that we're working with   so if it's a zero it's up to one mil well we've  got one it's one five yeah two five okay and   we go on i apologize for that yeah uh that's  what gives you a clue as to the the variance   in the part numbers um but yeah that's just but  that is just literally the start of the options   this can make life very easy if you're building  panels and you talked about yeah the ability to   put adapters in there to for test points etc  as well didn't you yeah so we've got these uh   common links that we showed uh earlier to common  adjacent connectors but you can have ones that   that obviously stretch between different poles  okay so i'm just going to pull that out yeah yeah so you'll see right okay yeah so that didn't  bridge side by side it bridged some distance   away from it yeah so say you wanted to set up  arrangements where it's you know line neutral cpc   yeah you can you can bridge over connections you  can bridge between different sizes so say you want   to do some power distribution bringing a larger  size conductor in here then branching down to   smaller size conductors for possibly distribution  to circuit breakers or something like that you can   do there and this is a test point yeah so you've  got test points and you've also got the cable   points so say if you want to common between say a  connector even on a different row you can connect   that from the top and perform a common function up  to there or yeah bring in this handy test adapter   yeah it really does make life uh incredibly  easy that's what we go do though isn't it there's a lot to go at and we're only scratching  the surface on this top job s range aren't we   yeah it is yeah the the variants in there oh yeah  immense and you know obviously experienced panel   builders and oh yeah we've been using this  for years obviously, we see a lot of people   just branching out into din rail terminals perhaps  they're building up a special junction box or some   heating controls or something like that and still  stuck in the world of uh screws connectors but   trust me the most difficult thing about this range  is the number of part numbers and even i made a   small letter on it you're going through it as  well so it's easily done but i think once you've   mastered it and it won't take long to master  it when you're actually using it all the time   the benefits of using the top job s range from  waygo or vargo depending on how you want to say it   goes beyond comparison and yeah i'm just  about to say and you've been using it   i have yes so just to turn it into a practical  example and we'll look at this in another video   this is another one we've made up uh an example  here how we've used it say possibly you want to   make an s plan control system in a waterproof  environment in a way i've got some fantastic   products for the indoor environment that we've  shown before we thought we'll just make up an   example to show you how we use it so watch out  for that video and we've thought of that    S plan heating system on in several videos on the  channel so again if you haven't seen all of those   it's worth checking it out and i i believe you've  you've really condensed down what we've seen on a   much larger scale in other videos could have gone  for a smaller box yeah well yeah we'll come across   that when we do that video as well so so look  out well i wouldn't suggest it's worth watching   the race obviously that we did yeah okay i'm sure  you think it is and the gary baldy biscuit there   has got a little story in that video as well we've  obviously made a video where we've converted the s   plan system that you've seen before but this time  using these top job s connectors for wago okay and   the advantage of using on this dim rail system  but as always we're interested in your feedback   are you currently using a system for your dim rail  connectors that we haven't heard about leave the   comments below are you using these ones from huego  or vargo however you want to say it and you think   they're amazing and there's an absolute gem in  the range that we haven't mentioned and I'm sure   there will be because there's lots of stuff that  we haven't touched on in this video but we will in   future videos leave all those comments below and  gordon will try and get back to as many as he can

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Length: 14min 40sec (880 seconds)

Published: Sun May 23 2021