WAGO Connectors

Intplm.

Has anybody had any long-term experience with this type of wiring connector? I installed a few packaged light fixtures that included this connector in my own home recently and have never seen them before.

What do you think?

ratio

They're pretty popular from what I can see. They make things go faster, too. I've used them on side jobs, but I wouldn't use them in Grandma's house.

EBEBRATT-Ed

One of the electrical forums I follow they have mostly good reviews. Old timers like me won't trust them LOL.

I think for now for average applications they have their place. Would I use them on heavier loads....probably not.

For light fixtures etc I think they are fine

Intplm.

EBEBRATT-Ed said:

One of the electrical forums I follow they have mostly good reviews. Old timers like me won't trust them LOL.

I think for now for average applications they have their place. Would I use them on heavier loads....probably not.

For light fixtures etc I think they are fine

It's my understanding that electricians use these in Europe and do not use wire nuts.

jad3675

I like wago levers and their wall nuts. Takes up a lot less space in older boxes. My house was built in '51 and all of the pig tails are soldered and wrapped. There's not a lot of space for a wire nut.

Robert_25

My wife works for a lighting company and they use Wago connectors frequently. For a stranded wire to solid wire connection, they have far less issues with the Wago's than wirenuts.

Just last week was I wiring up a 24v transformer and decided to use Wago's instead of wirenuts. I would not use them on everything, but it is certainly worth keeping a nice assortment of them in your toolbox.

Solid_Fuel_Man

I'm a sparky, I've used literally thousands of the Wago lever nuts. I especially like them for lights, easy one handed wire connections while the other hand holds the lighting fixture. 

I dont use them on any potentially high current applications like recepticals or motors. But for lighting, and all things controls (think 14awg stranded wire) they are used almost exclusively. 

jad3675

I wonder if my Grandfather, who was an electrician in the 1930s, felt the same way about wire nuts vs soldered and tape?

John

super_snop

I switched over to Wagos when I renovated the bottom floor of my house. Used them for everything. There are a few good youtube videos of load tests being performed and they hold up just the sane as a wire nut.