It’s 100% Wagos for me. Just got the 221 through connectors which are great for the small enclosure/ lighting circuits. Also have a box of the larger one for 6mm cable.
I work in electrical temps and we go through boxes and boxes of Wagos. A worrying trend on site is other trades opening up our lighting JBs to steal them, leaving live conductors on show.
On ownership of WAGO - it hasn't always been an independent company. From 1974 until 4 April 2003 WAGO was 51% owned by the UK company Spirent PLC and its predecessors. Before that they owned 25% of WAGO but I can't find how long that was for. In some of their Annual Reports they described the WAGO business as a Joint Venture.
I know I'm late to chime in, really interesting insight into Wago. On a side note, the rep on the left has, to me, an uncanning Lee Mack look and aeven his voice is quite a match! hilarious.
Great product for many applications. However I found when doing a tug test the 222 can come undone with medium force respect to a strip of connectors. Probably not an issue with cable grips or glands for securing the cable. Just tight connections avoids high resistance from loose connections.
Is there a reason the 2 largest DIY stores in North America, Lowe's and Home Depot, don't carry the Wago connectors? I end up having to get them on Amazon and then wait 2 to 5 days to get them.
And finally we have an official answer to the all important question..... how to say the name! Although I am partial to WA-GO, it rolls off the tongue. oh and G-I-F in case you were wondering.
They are ok for domestic use but in industry they fail regularly, I use them for temporary connections and isolating multicore during fault finding, But won't leave them on permanently. Had too many fail.
Expensive may be, but if they aren't saving you time, you shouldn't use them. There is a lot of overlap in the sizes. Most domestic electricians will only need one size for radial and ring final circuits.
I think I have finally figured out why so many comment that it is easy to remove wires from a Wago 222, et al, connector. I is because you haven't really inserted your wire INTO the connector. As stupid as this may sound, it is the result of the extreme pressure required to fully open a Wago lever! The lever MUST be opened to nearly 90 degrees in order to permit wires to be inserted. When I first tried to open a Wago 222, I thought I was going to break the lever before it fully opened. But I persisted and it finally FULLY opened. The clamping spring must of necessity be very strong to really affix the wires in the connector. Makes opening the lever at first a scary proposition. If one had to install a lot of these connectors at one time, I think you will have a sore finger at the end of the day. Perhaps Wago will bring out a tool to give some leverage to fully open the connector on high volume jobs? Just my two cents...🙂
"Professional electricians only" - Thanks for screwing all the apprentices that are most likely to be handed these boxes and said "here, you can enter".
When he says some electricians at the shows haven't heard of wagos
100% doing it for free samples 🤣
Agreed 👍🏻
I wish they sold the giant 221, it would look lovely in my workshop.
that’s Gary’s Wago 🦾👍🏻
@@efixx everytime I see it in a video I'm jealous. They really should make a 5 way that you can store wagos in.
Great idea
@@efixx I would buy one as well. Would be cool to store them under the clips. Lift up on the level to open and get to the connectors!
Well it would be neat as a storage container I really would like to join together some 00000000 (8/0) AWG cables.
It’s 100% Wagos for me. Just got the 221 through connectors which are great for the small enclosure/ lighting circuits. Also have a box of the larger one for 6mm cable.
I work in electrical temps and we go through boxes and boxes of Wagos. A worrying trend on site is other trades opening up our lighting JBs to steal them, leaving live conductors on show.
Wow!
I’m sure I can remember seeing wago written on gripper rail when we pulled up the carpets in my parent’s house thirty years ago!
And I can hardly remember what I had for tea last night 😂
On ownership of WAGO - it hasn't always been an independent company. From 1974 until 4 April 2003 WAGO was 51% owned by the UK company Spirent PLC and its predecessors. Before that they owned 25% of WAGO but I can't find how long that was for. In some of their Annual Reports they described the WAGO business as a Joint Venture.
Great product, i was wondering if there is a version for high temperature applications where porcelain is the only options?
They definitely fail on heater cables.
Was that Gary’s jock strap hanging from the ceiling 😂😂
I'd have asked what happened to the patent/design rights on the 222 that led to the almost identical copies and the derived variants.
I think the wago is the best I love them. Fantastic video guy’s as always 👍👍👍❤️
I know I'm late to chime in, really interesting insight into Wago. On a side note, the rep on the left has, to me, an uncanning Lee Mack look and aeven his voice is quite a match! hilarious.
Must be in the genes. Graeme Hall (the Dogs Behaving Badly guy) sounds like Lee Mack and looks like he could be his dad.
Why don't Wago make a four way clamp connector?
Great product for many applications.
However I found when doing a tug test the 222 can come undone with medium force respect to a strip of connectors.
Probably not an issue with cable grips or glands for securing the cable.
Just tight connections avoids high resistance from loose connections.
They do work loose on machines,
We say through go's ,2go's, 3go's and 5go's. Get me a wago 221 5way or Wago 221 inline splice connector is a bit of a mouth full. 😂😂
Nice to have the wago reps on guys, is comp just open to electricians? I'm heating engineer and use wago too lol 😆
Yay! Win a van with bugger all range, good if you only do local work I suppose.
Not bought any old school connector blocks for 3 years, just wish they weren’t so dam expensive
You need to get them to do a multi conductor connector trial with a Stop Watch !
I reckon these little bastards are the best single invention to hit our industry since battery tools.
I prefer the ideal push connectors
Is there a reason the 2 largest DIY stores in North America, Lowe's and Home Depot, don't carry the Wago connectors? I end up having to get them on Amazon and then wait 2 to 5 days to get them.
Home Depot stocks them now, at least in my area. Not Lowes, though.
Where do I get that big one?
In our country we buy wargo not in a box but by the piece.
Thanks for the feedback 👍🏻
We had it and using since last 2 years
Love WAGO products 👍
And finally we have an official answer to the all important question..... how to say the name!
Although I am partial to WA-GO, it rolls off the tongue.
oh and G-I-F in case you were wondering.
"Lazy links" is how they are known.
are Wago working in conjunction with MK with the new model socket outlets ?
I hope not, Sockets with spring clamp connectors is a scary idea.
That’s got to be a video, get into the factory and onto design table
that is big
Tony Drago's on our site
Wago push fit carpet wow I think that would be a hard sell to the Dragons 😁🤡🐔
😀👍🏻
Why don’t they do a four gang/way ??
I was wondering that myself
Wago do make 4 way connectors in some of their series, e.g. the 773 series.
😍
Can you have 2 wires in 1 hole of wago?
No
They are ok for domestic use but in industry they fail regularly, I use them for temporary connections and isolating multicore during fault finding, But won't leave them on permanently. Had too many fail.
Melt ?
@@frankythehousecat2681 corrosion mainly, The steel rusts and the springs fail, just been replacing some with crimps and heat shrink.
@@dogwalker666 Not purrfect then, a bit rough in a extreme environment !
@@frankythehousecat2681 indeed, Not suitable for Industrial use.
It's Beautiful, can i have your contacts?
Too expensive for what they are , nowt like a brag at your turnover when sparks pay daft prices eh 😂
Over prices and need so many types and sizes.
Expensive may be, but if they aren't saving you time, you shouldn't use them. There is a lot of overlap in the sizes. Most domestic electricians will only need one size for radial and ring final circuits.
if you know you know 😏😏
I think I have finally figured out why so many comment that it is easy to remove wires from a Wago 222, et al, connector. I is because you haven't really inserted your wire INTO the connector. As stupid as this may sound, it is the result of the extreme pressure required to fully open a Wago lever! The lever MUST be opened to nearly 90 degrees in order to permit wires to be inserted. When I first tried to open a Wago 222, I thought I was going to break the lever before it fully opened. But I persisted and it finally FULLY opened. The clamping spring must of necessity be very strong to really affix the wires in the connector. Makes opening the lever at first a scary proposition.
If one had to install a lot of these connectors at one time, I think you will have a sore finger at the end of the day. Perhaps Wago will bring out a tool to give some leverage to fully open the connector on high volume jobs? Just my two cents...🙂
VVAGO
Is there a R in wago.
11th.. Don't mention the war.
I did, but I think I got away with it.
"Professional electricians only" - Thanks for screwing all the apprentices that are most likely to be handed these boxes and said "here, you can enter".
wago is made in China
...and the UK...
...and Hungary...
...and Czechia..
...and...
German...
Yeah?! 😅
Spell it.. as you pronounce it....Vargo... not Wago... lol 🤣🤣
There is no V in WAGO.!
Ve have vays of making you say wago.
It's German and W is pronounced as V in German.
@@jeremybarker7577 I know.
@@jeremybarker7577 and V is pronounced as f. Lol