Wago 222-412 and enclosures and extending wiring

[David]

A couple of questions:

(1) If Wago 222-412 connectors are out of reach under screwed down floorboards do they have to be in a protective enclosure? If so, what?

(2) Due to false positives from a detector suggesting old wiring was still live, my 13A ring extension stops short of the point where I need to cut into the ring.

Can I be lazy and just add an extra length of wire to each side using the Wago connectors (presumably just like adding another socket to the ring) or do I have to pull out the existing new wires and run in a longer pair?

Cheers

Dave R

[David]

Ah. Looks as though it should be in a box.

My one Wagobox doesn't seem to have enough room to stack 3 222-412 connectors on top of each other (unless I am doing something wrong) so I can't join both legs of the ring inside one Wagobox.

So that just leaves the question of the two part connection.

Cheers

Dave R

[Andy Burns]

You can get six 412 connectors, or four 413 connectors, or two 415 plus two 412 connectors in a normal wagobox (do you have a wagobox-light?)

[Andy Burns]

You *are* putting them in the slots with the levers facing sideways, aren't you?

[Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downst]

This is something new to me.

Are Wago connectors intended for structural mains installations, or just for industrial systems?

[David]

Bugger!

No I'm not.

Hence the question; thanks.

Cheers

Dave R

[nothanks]

Look at the "Maintenance Free Application Instructions" here:

[John Rumm]

Anywhere you want a maintenance free joint basically.

[newshound]

And very handy they are too, if connecting to short lengths of otherwise fixed wiring in tight spaces.