1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Yea those are terminals.. we buy and use the ones from a company called Phoenix Contact, their expensive in comparison to other brands but they are SIGNIFICANTLY nicer quality and well worth the price difference.

Those particular ones are screw type. But they have things like spring clamp that are actually safer AND easier

 

Why aren’t they connected to anything?

 

FM

 

Probably will be once the panel is installed and all field I/O is wired in. That strip at the bottom of my panel is for that purpose. I have one cable with 18 conductors in it going out to the saw for this tube winder.

 

No they're for jumper bars so you can like multiple terminals together

 

I love using those cardboard tubes are boom whackers.

 

AM?

 

My rack for the network is sad looking. I think I need NAS to fill it in

 

Cause I only wire the internals of the panel. When they get on site a field electrician will bring in outside wires to land on them

 

Fucking Magic

 

Better than mine, it's still in a box!

 

I can get em in all sizes.

 

You're so fast at answering questions about my panels



Not that you're wrong. You've been spot on everytime lol

 

Only been in this industry for a few years but Ive already learned answers to all the usual questions.

@BartMaster1234 if you decide to use those terminal blocks like I linked you, pick up one of these.
https://www.kleintools.com/catalog/single-bit-screwdrivers/terminal-block-screwdriver
By far my favorite screwdriver ever. Fits the screws in those blocks so well.

 

I have a lifetime supply of terminal block screwdrivers courtesy of Bell System haha. My uncle was on old Lineman for them and I have like 20 terminal drivers. They’re made by... Stanley I think? I’ve got a few Klein stuff too.

Come visit me in SF and we can go to that automation warehouse with all the cool stuff.

 

That Klein is different than most others cause its long and lets you get to screws in deeper panels. The little short ones have their place but I rarely find myself using them.

If flights stay cheap, I may take you up on that next year sometime. Just booked a trip to Florida next month, $220 round trip on a "big" airline only a month in advance was unheard of this time last year.

 

You ever been to CA?

 

That there's a female

 

Nope.

 

If @Sperrunner doesn't scare you away, it’s a nice place to visit.