Wago snapping

foxhole · Tuesday at 2:08 PM

Not done any electrical work for a few years ( hands are numb so takes me ages even to fit a plug).
Just tried to lift the levers on 3 wago connectors and only successful with one , levers snapped off on two.
Any one had issues with wago’s?

securespark · Tuesday at 2:22 PM

I've had one snap.

Sureitsoff? · Tuesday at 4:52 PM

Not had one snap like that (yet) but they do catch your fingers when you shut them if you are not careful.....

contact wago and see what they say, they might ask for them back to check them and should replace them (with more perhaps??)

robinbanks · Tuesday at 4:58 PM

I thought you could push fit those ones when closed (ie the lever is only for undo/refitting)

Tend to use rival Ideal connectors more often than Wagos.. I also thought the 221s had more solid orangey looking levers but those seem a bit brittle/faded/snapped-into-a-hoop looking things. Have they been left in the sun for years?

plugwash · Tuesday at 4:59 PM

The levers on the 221s are quite fragile, I've had one break when figiting with it.

The 222s have much more robust levers, but are substantially bulkier.

robinbanks · Tuesday at 5:10 PM

plugwash said:
The 222s have much more robust levers, but are substantially bulkier.

Evil things when you snap em closed on a finger, dang they take chunks out

davelx · Tuesday at 5:26 PM

robinbanks said:
I thought you could push fit those ones when closed (ie the lever is only for undo/refitting)

Just tried it - I couldn't push fit a Wago 221, but I could the Ideal.

foxhole · Wednesday at 12:39 AM

robinbanks said:
I thought you could push fit those ones when closed (ie the lever is only for undo/refitting)

Tend to use rival Ideal connectors more often than Wagos.. I also thought the 221s had more solid orangey looking levers but those seem a bit brittle/faded/snapped-into-a-hoop looking things. Have they been left in the sun for years?

Always stored in a box in a draw.
Can’t push fit multi wire flex only rigid copper .

Murdochcat · Wednesday at 7:50 AM

There are cheap copies on the market now.

That said in the hundreds I’ve used only one has ever broken

plugwash · Wednesday at 8:01 PM

robinbanks said:
I thought you could push fit those ones when closed (ie the lever is only for undo/refitting)

No, the wago 221 and 222 series don't support push-in use. Some other brands of similar connectors (and some of Wago's din-rail mount products) do.

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