Electrical and Installation Guides Page 7: 257 technical guides for choosing Electrical and Installation products: selection criteria, standards, common mistakes and frequently asked questions.
What Is an Insulated Ferrule? Colour Code Chart and Selection Criteria — An insulated ferrule is a metal tube with a coloured plastic collar crimped onto a stranded conductor so the strands enter the terminal as one piece. What Is a Stainless Steel Cable Tie? Types and Selection Criteria — A stainless steel cable tie is a metal tie that fixes cables to trays, poles or structures and resists corrosion, UV and heat better than a plastic tie. What Is a TV and Satellite Socket? Types and Selection Criteria — A TV and satellite socket is a low-voltage wall outlet that terminates the 75 ohm coaxial antenna cable and connects a television, radio or satellite receiver. What Is a Metal Cable Trunking Cover? Types and Selection Criteria — A metal cable trunking cover is a galvanised sheet lid that closes the top of sheet metal trunking and protects cables from dust, falling objects and impact. What Is a Female Faston Terminal? Types and Selection Criteria — A female faston terminal is a cable end crimped onto a wire and pushed onto a flat male faston tab on a device to make a detachable connection. What Is Silicone-Coated Fiberglass Sleeving? Properties and Selection Criteria — Silicone-coated fiberglass sleeving is a flexible, non-shrinking insulating sleeve of braided glass fibre coated with silicone rubber, rated Class H (180 °C). What Is a Standard Sealed Cable Gland? PG Sizes and Selection Criteria — A standard sealed cable gland is a plastic gland with a body, seal and nut that brings a cable into a panel, junction box or housing sealed against dust and water. What Is a Switched and Interlocked CEE Socket? Types and Selection — A switched and interlocked CEE socket is an industrial socket combining an IEC 60309 socket-outlet and a switch, where the interlocked type stops the plug being pulled while on. What Is a Lug-Connected Terminal Block? Use and Selection Criteria — A lug-connected DIN rail terminal block is a covered power terminal in which a lugged large conductor is bolted with a nut to the busbar in its body. What Are Cable Accessories? Types and Selection Criteria — Cable accessories are the sleeves, glands, cable ties, spiral conduits and similar parts that insulate, seal, bundle, fix and protect cables. What Are CEE Plugs and Sockets? Types and Selection Criteria — A CEE plug and socket is an IEC 60309 industrial plug-and-socket system that encodes voltage and current by colour, clock position and pin layout for single- and three-phase loads. What Is a Multi-Contact Connector? Types and Selection Criteria — A multi-contact connector is a rectangular industrial connector, made of a housing and a contact insert, that joins many power and signal circuits through one plug-and-socket pair. What Are Multi-Contact Plugs and Sockets? Types and Selection Criteria — A multi-contact plug and socket is a rectangular industrial connector pair sold with housing and contact insert fitted, ready to use once the cable is connected. What Are Multi-Contact Connector Parts? Types and Selection Criteria — Multi-contact connector parts are the housings, contact inserts, protective covers and connection boxes sold separately to build a rectangular industrial connector to suit the job. What Are Sheet Metal Trunking Accessories? Types and Selection Criteria — Sheet metal trunking accessories are the bend, tee and cross, splice, cover, hanger, bracket and mounting parts that complete a galvanised sheet metal trunking run. What Are Cable Gland Accessories? Blind Plugs, Nuts and Seals — Cable gland accessories are parts such as blind plugs, gland plugs, nuts, seals, O-rings and washers that fix a gland to its housing, seal its entry or close an unused entry. What Is a Panel Busbar and Distribution Block? Types and Selection — A panel busbar or distribution block is a connection component that shares one supply among several outputs in a panel or gathers conductors at the same potential at one point. What Is a Faston Terminal? Types and Selection Criteria — A faston terminal is a detachable push-on connection crimped onto a cable end, in which a flat male tab slides into a female receptacle. What Is a Spiral Conduit Fitting? Types and Selection Criteria — A spiral conduit fitting is a threaded connector that joins the end of a flexible cable protection conduit to the entry of a panel, junction box or machine housing. What Are Single-Phase Rubber Plugs and Sockets? Types and Selection Criteria — Single-phase rubber plugs and sockets are 16 A single-phase plugs and sockets with an impact-resistant flexible rubber body, used on sites, in workshops and on extension cables. What Is a Home and Office Power Strip? Types and Selection Criteria — A home and office power strip is an earthed multiple socket outlet, plugged into a wall socket or wired to a fixed line, that feeds several devices from one point. What Are Terminal Block Accessories? Types and Selection Criteria — Terminal block accessories are the series-specific parts that jumper, fix, separate, feed and mark the terminal blocks lined up on a mounting rail. What Is an Insulated Cable Terminal? Types, Color Code and Selection Criteria — An insulated cable terminal is crimped onto the end of a conductor and has a crimp area covered by a colored plastic sleeve; the sleeve color shows the suitable wire size. What Is Plastic Cable Trunking? Types and Selection Criteria — Plastic cable trunking is a plastic duct with a snap-on cover, fixed to a wall or ceiling to carry surface-run power, lighting and data cables.