Do you Wago? (222 lever type)

[Deuce]

In testing and developing automated, reconfigurable control boxes/panels we often use the wago lever connectors here - they're ideal for rapidly swapping components and in general for quick assembly.

I'm curious as to whether in domestic situations you chaps are making use of them these days? I have only seen one example of one of their 222 junction boxes used by a spark in domestic, kinda surprised not to see this more often given that the box and connectors costs about £1 and takes moments to fit.

I would also assume they're a good option for jobs such as new light fittings requiring extension of the existing wires or similar.

Do you have a stash of them in your van for when time is tight or you have fallen out of love with your screwdriver?

 

[bailes1992]

I'm currently working on a student accommodation building as a Junior Engineer.

We have two situations where WAGO's will save a lot of time.

The first we had originally planned to use a Hager J501 junction box above a light in each of the bedrooms however they're taking more than half hour to make off. I brought into work my Wago set and showed them a typical setup that would work for the room. We got the 30+ minutes down to 7 minutes at a cost of an extra £1 a room. That seems good value for money to me!

The other situation which is less about WAGO's and more about something else that annoys me... Older sparks who think because they've never done it before it's wrong. The kitchens on this job are spotlights, there are four rows with four switches, one for each row and an emergency in the middle.

I suggested taking the feed to the light switch (47mm back boxes used) and taking the switched feeds out to each row and a feed out to the emergency. We can use WAGO's behind the light switch for the Neutrals and emergency feed for a neat finish.

I was met with "you can't take feeds to light switches, they have to be 3 plated", "I don't think you can do that, I've never done it before" and "How rough do you want this job to be?". Sometimes it's hard being a 'young engineer and trying to convince older sparks to do something different.