Electric oven terminal block

[rpitc]

Hi,

After some advice, answers gratefully received.

Changing out electric oven like for like, but this terminal block seems to have the screws covered, so that they can't be removed to enable the wire to be inserted.

Is this a safety mechanism, or am I missed something else, or bad manufacturing where I need to just work the screws past the plastic ?

 

[rpitc]

For reference I think it is this, different blocks

Wiring in electric cooker, screws not holding the wires

I am (trying!) to wire in my new, shiny and about to be flung out of the window electric cooker, its a Logik LFTC60W12. I have looked at other posts to find out how to do it but am stumped by this problem. I've put the wires into the slots and tightened the screws. The screws will not...

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[pto]

missed something you have

 

[pto]

you don,t remove the screws

 

[Scally-Ho]

They are 'captive' screws as can be verified by the plastic surround above the tops of the terminal screws. This arrangement is to prevent them falling out when undone too far.