Wiring Accessories
Choosing wiring accessories? Trust your instinct
Chunky white wiring accessories are a thing of the past. But with so many providers offering various finishes and styles, how does a range set itself apart from the rest? Here, Michael Simms (pictured), Product Manager for wiring accessories at Crabtree, one of Electrium’s leading brands, talks to Electrical Wholesaler about the innovation behind the facade.
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hen it comes to wiring accessories, the design and the functionality are of equal
importance. Filled with innovative and practical advancements, the Instinct range from Crabtree gives specifiers and installers the solutions they’re looking for. It allows them to remain competitive whilst maintaining the quality, reliability, style and functionality required in today’s highly competitive commercial buildings market. In terms of a breadth of selection, Instinct has
it covered. But true to the Crabtree Easier Safer Faster manta, the company has designed a range with more than 300 new wiring accessories, packed with innovations including full contact cable clamps, integrated led indicators, and twin action safety shutters. The upward-facing inline terminals make the
entire range simple and reliable to install, highlighting a design that’s sure to save time for the contractor as well as deliver peace of mind. When it comes to safety, Instinct meets all the relevant standards, giving a contractor total
confidence in the product when it’s specified. Instinct is the first range of wiring accessories
to use full contact cable clamps. These “no miss” terminals offer a more secure, more efficient, method of connection, and the proven technology means there is no chance of incorrect cable positioning. Additionally, this terminal design eradicates the risk of cable core damage that occurs with screw terminals.
Meet the range Crabtree has also created upward facing terminals throughout the range, all accessible from one orientation, all with an instantly recognisable terminal layout including segregated inline supply and load terminals, nested for convenience – this improves installation time, it’s faster and easier to connect. Cables can be cut to the same length and use less of the interior space. It gives safer and more reliable installation – no twisting or turning of the plate means no loosening of cables that were just terminated. A twin operation multipin safety shutter has
also been introduced to the range. Crabtree has developed a shutter with a two-piece mechanism that requires multiple pins to fully operate. The live and neutral pins do not open unless the earth pin is operated, and live and neutral shutters are fully locked until Earth pin is inserted. It ensures that live and neutral remain closed even with the earth pin engaged, and not only meets the British Standards, but exceeds them. It is incredibly difficult to defeat, and minimises potential misuse. Crabtree’s Fused Connection Units and 20A
switches now have an improved, unobtrusive, integrated LED switch indicator within the switch dolly, and feature full contact clamps, helping to improve cable positioning and retention. And improved Keystone Modules are safer and sleeker, offering flexibility and cable security, with less bend to cables. The variety of modules caters for Data, HDMI, USB, TV, Phone and Satellite applications.
Rounding out the range is a series of
integrated USB Sockets. The 13A sockets are double pole switching, have integrated USB
The Instinct Range 20 | electrical wholesalerDecember 2018
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