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One must maintain standards dear boy! 😂 My habit of stripping the wire, dipping in silicone grease and only then crimping the ferrule (or crimp) on, wins me no favours though.

No good, the "plate" with the two connectors on is going halfway up the enclosure side. All will be revealed soon...my soon! 😂

Can do holes easily. The clip with the two on, in the last picture will just be 3M double sided taped or CT1'd to the RH side wall of the plastic enclosure. I like to keep all the penetrations in the bottom.

The 8-way FAKO is still a tad looser than I'd like it to be, but it'll do. Got a 12mm wide strip above, for a label:

I forgot all about my bucket of nettle fertiliser and in this heat most of the liquid has evaporated:

TPU grommets for my gate photocells, just to keep the creepy crawlies out. The one a couple of inches along was an oversize trial: Again for the photocell wiring, revisiting the WAGO holders in light grey PLA. A 3/3/3: For the 8-way FAKO though, the WAGO holder model needs tweaking. This one's a bit loose:

I imagine that and maybe a dose of Fleming's rules, EMF causing further movement of already loose screws? WAGOs are constant force clamps I believe.

Great help, thanks! 👍

Only if you fit the wires wrong.

I suppose he used screw terminals did he? Leaving the install open to screws loosening over time. WAGOs all day long for me. Maintenance free to all intents and purposes.

The lever on these fakes feels like it could suddenly snap. Also on the real ones the lever action is in two stages, like 95% closed then you feel a positive but very defined, extra click. These fakes, the last bit is very wishy washy. I'm only using it to common up 6, low current 24vdc negatives then take a 7th off to my gate PCB.

Clearly @pocster knows different 😂

Bump...still waiting for the link to genuine WAGO 8-ways...

I don't fink so bruv!

Can you get official, 8-way, Wago 221 or 222s?

Just got some 8-way WAGO copies, FAKOs if you like! Fresh from the Guangzhou Dangerous Toy & Lawnmower Company. Not using them on mains, just for my gate photocells. First impression is they're made from more brittle and lighter weight plastic than the real thing. Shown next to a genuine 5-way. Not sure they'd pass the drop test.

How long then is optimum? Beans, that is... Seem to remember my old man's runners being about a foot long.

You mean they'll "runner" way?

I think we have beans:

That will possibly get icy too where it's damp? Do you have a handrail or glass screen there that I'm missing? Or is it not used?

I made a gate out of worse.

A stainless steel, 10mm plate, this for mounting my gate motor. The thin galvanised one that came with it offended me and has bloody great holes for slugs etc to get up inside. It'll slip over the 3" drainpipe all the cables and ducts are in. It'll also support the cast motor frame over it's whole area. Drilling the 70mm hole was fun.

How deep is the water? Lay a big piece of artificial grass up there! 😂

Bugger! 6 years old. I am very disappointed.