![]() ![]() ![]() Posted in Misc Hacks Tagged cam, compliant mechanism, connector, lever, print in place, terminal, WAGO, wiring Post navigation It reminds us a bit of these printable SMD tape tamers, or this print-in-place engine benchmark. We love the combination of print-in-place, compliant mechanisms, and composite construction on display here. The video below shows the connectors being built and tested. ![]() The lever cams into a groove on the opposite wall of the cage, making a strong physical and electrical connection. The wire acts as a busbar against which the lever arm squeezes conductors. The print-in-place part has a vaguely heart-shaped cage with a lever arm trapped inside it.Īfter printing and freeing the lever arm, a small piece of 1.3-mm (16 AWG) solid copper wire is inserted into a groove. Plus, as a 3D-printed part, it would be hard to compete with something optimized to be manufactured in the millions. We’ll be clear right up front that connector is more of an homage to the commercially available units, and should not be used for critical applications. This print-in-place electrical connector is inspired by the WAGO connectors, specifically their Lever Nut series. Wago 221 compact lever connector via the Wago YouTube channel We often wonder why the electrical trades here haven’t adopted them more widely - after all, they’re faster to use than traditional wire nuts, and time is money on the job site. We also have wired phone jacks, a wired nynex box, and a Power Inserter near my fuse panel but its such a mess I can't follow all the wires unfortunately.Īny suggestions? Am I the only one who finds this to be not normal?Īny thoughts would be appreciated.One thing some of us here in the United States have always been jealous of is the WAGO connectors that seem so common in electrical wiring everywhere else in the world. So what would my option be? You know, besides tearing the wall down to look? I recently bought an AC/DC Clamp Meter, Own a Multi-Meter, a Kill-O-Watts and a Socket Tester, along with non contact Voltage Testers obviously, but the Clamp Meter just confuses me and the instructions are terrible. Is there a proper method from inside my unit to check if someone else is running off my outlet? I'm too green to want to touch the fuse panel. I have bought multiple tools to try and check but I'm am no electrician and I am wasting way too much funding trying to figure out this one outlet since its where my PC runs and literally the only one I care about much in the entire house. It has to be the last outlet in the chain (if one exists) as it now only has two wires connected (which i've checked, even replaced the Receptacle with a brand new one when all else failed), wire size is correct, etc. I'm wondering if its daisy chained in another unit above or below me. If I use a three prong to two prong adapter between my charger(s) (yes, i've tried many, as well as phones) that never happens, as if interrupting whatever signal its getting.Ĭonsidering it's on it's own 15 amp breaker (I have shut off all the rest with no issue) and powers nothing else, not so much as a light switch. Second, and this one is completely weird.sometimes when I plug my phone in with a standard USB adapter it asks to connect to my PC?!? I have ran up and down checking all the breakers, removed one receptacle that was daisy chained off my outlet, but I had to use the already twisted together (with a wire nut) ground from the old receptacle simply as a pigtail since the ground in that outlet wouldn't reach (idk if this is relevant, so I thought it worth mentioning), the outlet itself has no power once it was removed.įirst and foremost is a random voltage flux even through my UPS (double conversion) with voltage ranging from 123 to 114 at times. I just moved recently into an older house, I have literally two grounded outlets accessible to me besides kitchen ones, only one in a bedroom.
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