WAGO: 75 years of connectors
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Hotrodder
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WAGO: 75 years of connectors
We had a visit from a plumber this morning to deal with a couple of leaks behind the hot water tank. The tank had to be moved out of its niche to get access to some couplings in the pipes behind. It seems after 15 years the fibre sealing washers had literally disintegrated. I could have made the repair myself but I can't move a water tank these days, even if it was empty. His last task was to reconnect the heating element power cable to the junction box in the wall. He cut off the old "choc blok" connecters and used Wago ones. They took a fraction of the time it took me to fit the old blocks years ago. He says he even uses them on 6mm cooker feeds.
On my headstone it will say: Please switch off mobile phones. I'm trying to get some sleep.
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RobertArthur
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WAGO: 75 years of connectors
The WAGO 221-612, the little big brother, is a 2-conductor compact splicing connector designed for connecting solid, stranded, and fine-stranded wires ranging from 0.5 to 6 mm². It uses the same lever-actuated spring pressure technology, featuring a transparent housing for visual inspection - what you see is what you get - and a 41A current rating. Enough for the French cooker feeds.
Water tanks: the demolition of our chauffe-eau (a Sauter about 30 years of age, a 220 V model...) was easy. I didn't even try to fit a new big gasket/O-ring at the bottom of this electric boiler. There was a leak and one of the interrupteurs différentiel reacted immediately. I just dropped it onto a relatively soft landing zone. I also took note of the fact that there was thermostat with a fixed temperature of 80 C, no wonder we always had plenty of (very) hot water....The EDF didn't complain about our factures.
That part was easier than installing the new one, a modern Thermor model with ACI electronics on board to regulate an anti-corrosion device. With the promise of a very long lifespan, which unfortunately turned out not to be the case. My conclusion after five years: not recommended for une maison secondaire as it really needs to be connected to the mains supply on a daily basis. A repair set was available for about € 150. I preferred to buy a new one (about € 230) with proven simple old-school technology. At first sight a no-name product in our Brico. Bingo, lucky number or not? Opening the large brown cardbox: a 150 litres boiler, a genuine Made in France product because inside there was a Sauter manual, nice surpise.
Luckily my eldest son was there when installing this Thermor chauffe-eau and that made a world of difference. The rest was following standard procedures. On display outside after those 30 years of loyal service, everything the water company gave us for free, a bucket full, and the heating element.
Water tanks: the demolition of our chauffe-eau (a Sauter about 30 years of age, a 220 V model...) was easy. I didn't even try to fit a new big gasket/O-ring at the bottom of this electric boiler. There was a leak and one of the interrupteurs différentiel reacted immediately. I just dropped it onto a relatively soft landing zone. I also took note of the fact that there was thermostat with a fixed temperature of 80 C, no wonder we always had plenty of (very) hot water....The EDF didn't complain about our factures.
That part was easier than installing the new one, a modern Thermor model with ACI electronics on board to regulate an anti-corrosion device. With the promise of a very long lifespan, which unfortunately turned out not to be the case. My conclusion after five years: not recommended for une maison secondaire as it really needs to be connected to the mains supply on a daily basis. A repair set was available for about € 150. I preferred to buy a new one (about € 230) with proven simple old-school technology. At first sight a no-name product in our Brico. Bingo, lucky number or not? Opening the large brown cardbox: a 150 litres boiler, a genuine Made in France product because inside there was a Sauter manual, nice surpise.
Luckily my eldest son was there when installing this Thermor chauffe-eau and that made a world of difference. The rest was following standard procedures. On display outside after those 30 years of loyal service, everything the water company gave us for free, a bucket full, and the heating element.
