Electrical and Installation Guides Page 9: 257 technical guides for choosing Electrical and Installation products: selection criteria, standards, common mistakes and frequently asked questions.
What Are Cable Trunking Accessories? Corners, Joints and Selection — Plastic cable trunking accessories are the parts that close the corners, branches, joints and ends of trunking and let you fit sockets and separate cables into compartments. What Is a UPS Socket? Types and Selection Criteria — A UPS socket is an earthed wall socket fitted on a separate circuit fed from an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), set apart from ordinary sockets by its colour or earth pin. What Are Industrial Plug and Socket Accessories? Types and Selection — Industrial plug and socket accessories are the protective caps, spring covers, mounting frames, gaskets and similar spare parts of CEE plugs and sockets. What Is a CEE Straight Housing Wall Plug? Types and Selection Criteria — A CEE straight housing wall plug is an IEC 60309 male inlet, surface-mounted on a wall or equipment housing, that takes power when a CEE extension socket is plugged into it. What Is a Single-Phase Industrial Socket? Types and Selection Criteria — A single-phase industrial socket is a 16 A 2P+E panel, machine, wall or extension socket with a lid and IP-rated housing for 230 V single-phase equipment. What Is Adhesive Cable Trunking? Sizes and Selection Criteria — Adhesive cable trunking is a small plastic trunking with a cover that sticks to walls, skirting boards or furniture with the tape on its back, without drilling. What Is a DIN Type Cable Lug? DIN 46235 and Selection Criteria — A DIN type cable lug is a tubular copper lug whose dimensions and marking follow DIN 46235, crimped onto a copper conductor with a hexagonal die matching its die code. What Is a Male Terminal? Types and Selection Criteria — A male terminal is a flat-tab or round-pin cable end crimped onto a wire and pushed into the mating female terminal to make a detachable connection. What Is Adhesive-Lined Heat-Shrink Tubing? Types and Selection Criteria — Gel-filled adhesive-lined heat-shrink tubing is a dual-wall sleeve whose inner adhesive melts as it shrinks, sealing cable joints and connections against moisture and water. What Is a Closed Gasket Sealed Gland? Sizes and Selection Criteria — A closed gasket sealed gland is a plastic cable gland, offered by Ortaç under this name, that seals a panel or junction box cable entry against dust and water. What Is a Single-Pole High-Current Plug and Socket? Types and Selection — A single-pole high-current plug and socket is a connector that carries only one of phase, neutral or earth and detachably connects heavy single-core cables to a generator or panel. What Is an Ex-Proof Junction and Push Button Box? Types and Selection — An ex-proof junction or push button box is an ATEX-certified enclosure that houses cable joints and control buttons in explosive gas or dust atmospheres without creating an ignition source. What Is a Polyamide Gland Nut? Types and Selection Criteria — A polyamide gland nut is a lock nut with a polyamide body that fixes a threaded gland or blind plug from the inside to an unthreaded panel, box or sheet-metal wall. What Is a Data and Telephone Socket? Types and Selection Criteria — A data and telephone socket is a wall outlet that connects devices such as computers, IP phones and modems to the RJ45, RJ11 or fibre line in the wall through a patch cable. What Is an Opaque-Door MCB Enclosure? Types and Selection Criteria — An opaque-door MCB enclosure is a plastic distribution box that houses modular devices such as circuit breakers and RCDs behind a door that lets no light through. What Is a Three-Phase Rubber Socket? Types and Selection Criteria — A three-phase rubber socket is an impact-resistant, rubber-bodied socket for three-phase plugs, used on extension cords, workshop walls, site panels and machine housings. What Is a Fork-Type Insulated Cable Terminal? Types and Selection Criteria — A fork-type insulated cable terminal has an open U-shaped connection end and a colour-coded insulated crimp barrel; it can be fitted to a terminal without removing the screw completely. What Is a Terminal Block End Stop? Types and Selection Criteria — A terminal block end stop is a rail accessory fitted at both ends of a terminal block row to stop it sliding; some types also carry a group label. What Is a Nickel-Plated Brass Gland Nut? Types and Selection Criteria — A nickel-plated brass nut is a lock nut made of nickel-plated brass that fixes a metal cable gland from the inside in an unthreaded hole in a sheet metal panel or box. What Is a Bimetal Cable Lug? Types and Selection Criteria — A bimetal cable lug is a compression lug with an aluminium barrel joined at the factory to a copper palm, used to connect aluminium conductors to copper busbars or device terminals. What Is a Non-Insulated Ferrule? Sizes and Selection Criteria — A non-insulated ferrule is a metal tube without a plastic collar crimped onto a stranded conductor; it is used at narrow terminal openings and tight rows. What Is a Polyamide Spiral Conduit? Types and Selection Criteria — A polyamide spiral conduit is a flexible cable protection conduit made of polyamide (PA) that can be bent at tight radii thanks to its corrugated body. What Is a Power Strip without Cable? Types and Selection Criteria — A power strip without cable is a multiple-socket housing sold without a cable and plug fitted, whose supply cable is connected later to its terminals. What Are Cable Trunking Mounting Fittings? Anchors, Nuts and Selection Criteria — Metal trunking mounting fittings are the anchors, nuts, washers, bolts and clamps that fix hanger rods and brackets to the structure and join the trunking.