Toolbox timesavers

We love products which save electricians time on site. . Here's our selection of timesavers which should be essentials in your toolbox. If you've found one we've missed drop us a line and we'll test it out.

By Gary Hayers & Joe Robinson
Monday 8th April 2019

Updated - 13th May 2019

Legrand / Tenby - Rapid Clamp Ultra

If your idea of fun is spending time in airing cupboards or under the kitchen sink, trying to make bonding connections to pipework, you'll hate this product. The rapid clamp does what it says.

WAGO - 221 connector

What did we do before the WAGO 221 came along ?

Strip the insulation, lift the lever, insert the conductor and close job done. Also includes two handy test points.

Just a shame more people are using them for connections inside products.

Earthingnuts

Imagine you've been using Earthingnuts forever and someone came along and said. I'm going to take earthnuts away and you have to use these banjo terminations. You'd laugh them out of the building. Just a shame they cost the same as BW20 cable gland set.

Quickwire - lighting junction box

The Quickwire pre-wired junction box for lighting circuits. A great alternative to junction boxes or loop in-out ceiling roses. Simply strip back the outer and inner cores to the correct dimensions and push the cable in to the box.

Britclips - RSWB

If we liked woodwork we would have become joiners. The Britclips - Rapid Sliding Wall Bracket (RSWB) is a great solution for fixing back boxes in stud formed walls. Easy to set the recess depth and adjustable width to fit between 16 and 24 inch stud centres.

WISKA - Shark gel connector range

No more mixing resin and trying to squeeze it in to a shell at the bottom of a muddy hole. The Wiska Shark series is simple, make your connections and press the connector in to the gel and snap the lid shut. Works with most types of cable. Could make external junction boxes a thing of the past. However I wouldn't be happy with blue boxes on my house wall - so suggest they make a black version!