On 20/04/2012 09:02, wrote:
Rod wrote:

Yes, but the terminals won't hold flex properly. They are just
round[ish] head screws with a plastic guard around them, no washers or
anything, if you put flex under them it just squeezes out. The only
reason
that 2.5sq mm works is because a pre-formed U stays under the screw.

I'd solder the stranded copper solid where it goes under the screw.

Corse you may not have access to a decent soldering iron.

I certainly could do that (and I'm reasonably skilled at soldering
having started my career in the electronics industry in the late
1960s). However there are lots of dire warnings hereabouts that the
solder creeps and the wire fails at the solder/non-solder interface.

It would also not meet the wiring regs requirement of selection of
appropriate termination techniques, since it would not allow for the
creep of the solder under screw tension.

(it might be ok if you could actually solder the wire to the terminal)


--
Cheers,

John.

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