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Snap-Lever Connector

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Greetings,

I would like to share with you a wire connector that, IMO, is superior to wire nuts that most of us are familiar.

My current project requires me to connect sensors inside of a water tank that is about 30 ft or so from my Feather board enclosure. The obvious issue that I was trying to avoid is soldering wires together on top of a hot water tank. When running wire through EMT the wire cannot have any connectors attached due to the small 0.5" ID of the tubing. I also wanted to have the ability to replace sensors (if necessary) and un-soldering was not an attractive alternative. Research led me to the Wago lever connectors:
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Here is a link to the WAGO site:

https://www.wago.com/us/wire-splicing-c ... /p/221-412


The real benefits of these connectors are:
  • The wire does not get damaged if removed or replaced;
    The connectors are a snap to use (pun intended);
    You can mix twisted wire with solid wire;
    Connectors will accomodate 24-12 AWG wire sizes;
    These connectors are UL approved.
I am also going to use one of these connectors as the sole GND source from my PCB and ditto for power. These will not work for everything, but they will make secure connections very easy, especially in a cramped enclosure.

The video included in the link is very informative.

Here are a few more photos which will hopefully help visualize these connectors.
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Here an LED twisted wire lead is connected to a solid core CU wire lead.

(The text/images in this thread got a bit convoluted and I could not rectify them. Sorry.)
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Re: Snap-Lever Connector

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Re: Snap-Lever Connector

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adafruit2 wrote:yep we stock them here
https://www.adafruit.com/?q=wago&sort=BestMatch
In the past I searched Adafruit Products for 'connector' which resulted in 100 pages of connector types. I did not search through all of those pages.

Today I searched for 'wire connectors' and Voila!, 'Snap-action' connectors popped up. Amazing how one extra search word can make such a big difference.

Hopefully, this thread will help make folks aware of these connectors and improve the bottom line in the process.

Thanks for the feedback.

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