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Name that terminal

Offy · 2009-03-27 00:48:39

I'm trying to identify a terminal used in switchgear. Its the terminal the cable gets screwed into in RCD's and MCB's. It you took it out of the device it would look like a small square with a screw sticking out of one side. A flat strip of metal is folded into a square of four sides, not six like a cube. Two sides are…

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27-03-2009 1:48am

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I'm trying to identify a terminal used in switchgear. Its the terminal the cable gets screwed into in RCD's and MCB's. It you took it out of the device it would look like a small square with a screw sticking out of one side. A flat strip of metal is folded into a square of four sides, not six like a cube. Two sides are left out creating a hollow square. If you had a caged terminal for a DIN rail you would find it under the plastic. Anyone know the proper name for this type of terminal?

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#2 27-03-2009 6:30pm
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A screw-terminal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw_terminal

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#3 27-03-2009 10:38pm
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is it something along the lines of this???? but has a piece identical that interlocks with the screw as you tighten it
http://media.digikey.com/photos/Keystone%20Elect%20Photos/7691,%207701,%208191.jpg

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