Quickwire Junction Box Confusion? Get Answers Now!

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The Quickwire80 24A splitter is an exceptional product that simplifies electricians' lives. Following our prior review video, our viewers raised numerous queries about it.
This video addresses these queries by subjecting the splitter to various practical tests and experiments to validate our responses. Join Joe Robinson as he navigates through the solutions to your pressing questions regarding the Quickwire 24A splitter.
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00:00 The launch of a brand new product from Quickwire.
00:20 New products raise questions.
00:37 Question Number 1: Is the Quickwire 24A splitter maintenance free?
00:43 Regulation 526.3 contains the answer.
01:12 Quickwire Specification rises to the challenge.
01:25 Does the Quickwire 24 Amp splitter need to be fixed in place?
01:31 Regulation 522.8.5 and explanation.
02:00 The problem with old circular junction boxes.
02:23 Manufacturer's Instructions must be followed!
02:42 A brilliant design feature on the splitter.
02:57 The answer to this question.
03:07 Question 3: Is the Quickwire Splitter waterproof?
03:12 To the eFIXX Testing Lab!
03:20 Plunging the Quickwire splitter into a tub of water...
03:29 A milder IP test.
03:57 Question 4: Can the Quickwire junction box splitters be buried in a wall?
04:21 The factors to bear in mind.
04:46 A potential solution to moisture ingress.
04:55 Question 5: Is that a fuse under the little flap there?
05:04 What if the answer is yes?
05:29 So what's under that little flap on a Quickwire connector then?
06:01 Question 6: Can I replace the blades in the Quickwire flat cable stripper?
06:30 Question 7: If the splitter is only rated at 24A, how can we use it on a 32A ring final circuit?
06:40 Find the answer here 👉 • 32A Ring Circuit, Can ...
06:46 Quickwire 24A Splitter Review: • Quickwire - The Fastes...
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@efixx 11 күн бұрын

Check out the full review of the Quickwire 24A splitter here. 👉kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aMh9gMpnm7CyfIE.html

@willmitchell255 11 күн бұрын

Another great video. Thanks

@efixx 10 күн бұрын

Thanks for commenting! 😃

@olly7673 11 күн бұрын

As usual, well done Joe for a great video. I think Quickwire are great and champion them where I can. This great bit of kit joins their previous well designed "Sparky help" line-up, and the testing port shows how they make life less difficult. Really good point about plastering it in situ and common sense points to some sort of protective membrane against moisture, though as the plaster dries out, the issue dissolves. Keep up the good work.

@efixx 10 күн бұрын

Thanks very much for the great comment! 😊

@stunimbus1543 11 күн бұрын

4:21 The instructions say do not cover - time stamp 2:39 - so I doubt it keeps its 24amp rating if concealed in a wall.

@deang5622 11 күн бұрын

Does any cable keep its free air maximum operating current when buried in a wall? Isn't this why we have the concept of fixing methods and derating of the current capacity of the cable?

@efixx 10 күн бұрын

Yeah, that's one of the things I was curious about as well but Quickwire suggest sted it would be ok. 💪

@markbaker980 10 күн бұрын

It would be great if quickwire could come up with a waterproof version, or a cover could be designed to add reliable waterproofing to the existing designs.

@justbreakingballs 7 күн бұрын

No just use a resin filled joint if it's getting soaked

@shubinternet 11 күн бұрын

I’m still having problems understanding where and why you would use something like this. I guess I need to go watch the other videos.

@efixx 10 күн бұрын

Yeah, they give some helpful applications on the other vids. It's basically a really quick, secure, maintenance free way of joining two cables together. 😃

@MarcusNailor 11 күн бұрын

Still love that Joe-3PO caught on 😆

@efixx 11 күн бұрын

🤣👍🏻

@trajo189 10 күн бұрын

Good video

@efixx 10 күн бұрын

Thanks very much. 😃

@timhoward7037 11 күн бұрын

Great video. A question I've been trying to get answered - can the 24A version be used with older T&E that has 1mm CPC. I'm presuming not until I hear otherwise.

@markyd2633 11 күн бұрын

Why would it make a difference.......Does it matter that the old cables are connected to a double socket usually rated at 20a

@timhoward7037 11 күн бұрын

@@markyd2633 If it's designed to grab 1.5 sq mm cpc and doesn't adequately grab 1 mm CPC then it matters!

@spankeyfish 11 күн бұрын

@@markyd2633 presumably what will matter is whether it can make adequate contact with a 1mm cpc

@intercity125 11 күн бұрын

@@markyd2633 Minimum size for the physical contact...

@efixx 10 күн бұрын

Great question, we'll put it to Quickwire! 😃

@Ste2023 11 күн бұрын

Looks good.. Maybe they need to develop a 1 ,IP65 2, 32a 3, 50a possibly

@efixx 10 күн бұрын

They're pretty responsive over at Quickwire so watch this space...

@Ste2023 10 күн бұрын

@@efixx yeah ..if anyone , knows a Developers in Quickwire.. do this - IP65 , 32a and 50a . Thank me later . Quickwire

@ThangiahGopal-iy2hg 11 күн бұрын

சிறப்பு👍

@efixx 10 күн бұрын

Thank you! 😃

@tjwatts100 11 күн бұрын

Clever device...

@efixx 10 күн бұрын

Good isn't it? 😃

@jocramkrispy305 11 күн бұрын

I'd have thought the big *DO NOT COVER* warnings would have argued against burying in the wall

@deang5622 11 күн бұрын

You need to think about why such an instruction would be present. Often it is because it impairs the ventilation and can cause the device to overheat. But if you take a moment to think about this device, why would it overheat? It is simply carrying the same current as in the cable connecting to it, and those cables are buried too. Are you going to say cables should not be buried in the wall because they overheat? It's a question of designing the installation properly and derating the maximum current the cable can handle according to the fixing method employed. I am quite sure the plastic case of the splitter is designed to go up to 80°C, the same as many thermosetting plastic insulated cables, it would be a pretty naff product if the max operating temperature were to be lower: it would mean that if you started repairing damaged cables with it, you would have to change the breakers and reduce to a lower current rating. Which would not be desirable.

@efixx 10 күн бұрын

Yeah, that struck me too, I asked the techie people at Quickwire and they said it would be OK. 👍

@starburst2203 11 күн бұрын

does it work with earthsure

@efixx 10 күн бұрын

Great question, we'll give Quickwire a nudge! 😃

@justbreakingballs 7 күн бұрын

Earth not so sure, terminating say a radial 20a socket cct I always like to twist gently together the Cpc a couple of times then bring them up in 1 piece of sleeving and terminate. This way if the earth's somehow comes out of the terminal by a meddler changing sockets, the earth is maintained for the rest of the cct. Not an option with earth sure

@dansheppard2965 10 күн бұрын

Isn't a screw an "appropriate compression tool?" 😀 (No, I don't really believe that)

@efixx 10 күн бұрын

😂 Whew, I was about to get triggered there! 🤣

@stevebutler2635 10 күн бұрын

I think your video could mislead some viewers, at 2.46 you insert a cable in to the JB, It is inserted the wrong way round.

@efixx 10 күн бұрын

Incredible spot, well done. We're going to revoke Joe's biscuit privileges until he's suitably chastened. 😂👍🍪

@stevebutler2635 10 күн бұрын

@@efixx I love the Vids, Im a retired OCD Sparky

@efixx 10 күн бұрын

Great work Steve, thanks for watching and commenting! 😃

@Spark101. 11 күн бұрын

who ever is asking some of these questions, do not warrent your time to reply.

@efixx 10 күн бұрын

No-one really becomes a fool until they stop asking questions... 🤔

@Spark101. 10 күн бұрын

@@efixx ‘Are they water proof’ These are questions from people that shouldn’t be using them in the first place!

@wackypeace1135 10 күн бұрын

Intellectual sparkies, that's an oxymoron.

@zaxmaxlax 11 күн бұрын

The land of ring circuits 😂 still big NOPE in 99% of countries.

@efixx 10 күн бұрын

😂 They've got their uses to be fair. 👍

@tonywatson1412 11 күн бұрын

Unfortunatly its indicative of the lack of common sense these days , you have to provide a regulation for just about everything ...because its all , monkey see monkey do ,, nobody thinks anymore ...eg. ask , why are you doing that...? Regs madam...

@efixx 10 күн бұрын

Er, what is? 🤔