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As I go about installing CBUS modules, I'm always slightly frustrated by
th=
e untidy spaghetti of wiring that results, despite my best efforts to be
ne=
at & tidy.=20
the main problem is the number of commonned connections that need to be
mad=
e in close proximity to the module... Earths aren't so much a problem,
sinc=
e there is always an earth buss-bar in any standard electrical enclosure.
H=
owever, the Neutrals all typically need to be commonned up as well...
=20
In the past I've used chocky-blocks, but I pretty much hate those... ugly,
=
awkward to use etc... more recently I've been using WAGO terminal blocks
li=
ke these: https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=3Dtbn:ANd9GcSCbpKanS3=
Jh3CjIpCvLpkcLy5lTBf_whsi5CQW3ElVkunM6at7
=20
WAGO make a couple of varieties that are readily available here at my
local=
suppliers, but all have some drawback... the lever type as per the above l=
inked image only go up to a 5-way... that is rarely enough... - even for a
=
4-channel CBUS module there's usually 6 connections to make. WAGO do a
6-wa=
y block like this: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=3Dtbn:ANd9Gc=
R4YO7SWhVI4O6OgpZJ_ppJk1UweNqSTqeGl2DDRSxftJJtSpkS but this one has the
dis=
advantage that they are rubbish with stranded cable.. the insertion force
r=
equired means stranded usually just crumples up in the hole without
forcing=
its way through the jaws of the clamp inside... they really only work with=
solid T&E cable, but I don't always have the option of using that
inside t=
he enclosure, as it depends on the appliance I'm wiring up to the module...
=20
And all of these still leave spaghetti as they end up hanging around loose
=
inside the enclosure with half-a-dozen patch wires snaking off to
different=
ends of the modules...
=20
There must be something better... what I'd really like is something with
as=
much capacity as you normally find on the Earth bus-bar, say 10 or 20 wire=
terminals (and the ability to daisy-chain more bars to extend that), and w=
hich can be fixed into place somewhere inside the enclosure... perhaps a
te=
rminal block that can be DIN rail mounted next to the module itself? is
the=
re such a thing?
=20
So come on folks... how you wire up mains HA modules & keep nice tidy
wirin=
g?
=20
TIA
=20
Paul G.
=20
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<div dir='ltr'>As I go about installing CBUS modules, I'm always
slightly frustrated by the untidy spaghetti of wiring that
results, despite my best efforts to be neat & tidy.
<BR>the main problem is the number of commonned connections that need
to be made in close proximity to the module... Earths aren't so much a
problem, since there is always an earth buss-bar in any standard electrical
enclosure. However, the Neutrals all typically need to be commonned up as
well...<BR> <BR>In the past I've used chocky-blocks,
but I pretty much hate those... ugly, awkward to use etc... more recently
I've been using WAGO terminal blocks like these: <a href="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSCbpKanS3Jh3CjIpCvLpkcLy5lTBf_whsi5CQW3ElVkunM6at7";>https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSCbpKanS3Jh3CjIpCvLpkcLy5lTBf_whsi5CQW3ElVkunM6at7</a><BR> <BR>WAGO
make a couple of varieties that are readily available here at my local
suppliers, but all have
some drawback... the lever type as per the above linked image only go up to
a 5-way... that is rarely enough... - even for a 4-channel CBUS module
there's usually 6 connections to make. WAGO do a 6-way block like this:
<a href="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR4YO7SWhVI4O6OgpZJ_ppJk1UweNqSTqeGl2DDRSxftJJtSpkS";>https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR4YO7SWhVI4O6OgpZJ_ppJk1UweNqSTqeGl2DDRSxftJJtSpkS</a> but
this one has the disadvantage that they are rubbish with stranded cable..
the insertion force required means stranded usually just crumples up in the
hole without forcing its way through the jaws of the clamp inside... they
really only work with solid T&E cabl
e, but I don't always have the option of using that inside the enclosure,
as it depends on the appliance I'm wiring up to the
module...<BR> <BR>And all of these still leave
spaghetti as they end up hanging around loose inside the enclosure with
half-a-dozen patch wires snaki
ng off to different ends of the
modules...<BR> <BR>There must be something better...
what I'd really like is something with as much capacity as you normally
find on the Earth bus-bar, say 10 or 20 wire terminals (and the ability to
daisy-chain more bars to extend that), and which can be fixed into place
somewhere inside the enclosure... perhaps a terminal block that can be DIN
rail mounted next to the module itself? is there such a
thing?<BR> <BR>So come on folks... how you wire up
mains HA modules & keep nice tidy
wiring?<BR> <BR>TIA<BR> <BR>Paul
G.<BR> <BR> </div>
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