WAGO
Webinar Date: December 04, 2025
Key Takeaways
- Trends and techniques in miniaturized SMT component design
- Real-world applications and layout strategies for compact PCBAs
- WAGO’s impact through tool-free wiring and low-profile, small footprint solutions
- Outlook on high-density manufacturing and intelligent automation
Frequently Asked Questions
Many of the images in your presentation show LED boards or LED modules. Are these solutions only for lighting or LED applications?
- No, these are not the only solutions for this type of product. These are also used in a range of applications from power tools, irrigation controls, thermostats, and sensors.
Near the end of the presentation, you showed a double row connector that you called ‘high density’…can you explain a little more about that connector and how it works?
- It’s a dual solution with tool free lever operation for termination. When it comes to that type of operation, the intent is to make it easy to wire in your hand without any tools.
You mentioned ‘push-in termination’ or ‘push-in connection’ a few times…what does that mean exactly?
- It means that a wire can be terminated or connected to the device by crimping the wire near its stripped end and directly pushing it into the wire port without any additional operation or steps like inserting a tool.
With regard to the bare contact you presented…the 2065 Series…you mentioned it as an economical alternative to soldering wires directly to the PCB. Can you explain what you mean by that and how that can be the case?
- When you talk about consumption, it’s really hard to compete with just a typical wire solder to the PCB. The 2065 is going to be slightly larger than that approach, but it offers more consistency making it a more reliable mechanism for making a connection not only the first time but allows some removability if necessary.
For the 221 series, why does the inline splice only go down to 20 gauge whereas multi-connector ones go down to 24 gauge?
- It’s a matter of meeting the UL pullout force requirements from smaller than 20AWG, and in how that pull force is applied during testing. In the inline construction, the pull force is applied directly in parallel, while in the non-inline version (like 221-413, for example), a pull force applied to the ends of 2 connected wires results in applying force ‘transversely’ to the connector and spring.
To the previous question about the 221 gauge, I’m looking for an inline connector that goes down to 24 gauge.
- I’m afraid WAGO doesn’t currently offer an INLINE SPLICING solution for 24 AWG, but if you have interest in a pluggable, multi-pole approach that could provide that function and offer the same tool free lever termination, see the pair 2231-1102/327-000 plus 2231-1602. These represent two pole part numbers…additional pole numbers available.
What’s the lowest contact resistance you’ve seen with these connector solutions? Which product has the lowest contact resistance?
- As one data point, I’ll focus for example on the 2065 Series…our testing results show an average voltage drop value of .40 mV (compare to max allowable value of 1.6mV as required by relevant standards). Happy to provide test report data–feel free to contact us. Other Series highlighted would reflect similar values.
Would there be any advantages of using these in sealed customer products where the end user does not have access to the smd WAGO device? Are there advantages to using these internally in devices compared to simple solder connections, or a more common connector type?
- The benefit is that the spring provides you with the dynamic nature of the connection. It’s constantly adjusting itself for environmental impacts like vibration, thermal cycling, and potential corrosion. It’s always optimizing that force applied on the wire, so it gives you long-term reliability over the lifetime of that connection point.
Will there be a 1 pole version of the 2086-1202/700-000/997-604?
- No, I’m afraid not, but if I assume the interest is in a single pole device that offers wire entry AND operation from the same direction, items like 2641-1101 or 2641-3101 could provide that functionality and orientation for you (albeit in a Series not specifically covered in the presentation).
Does the lever nut option come in single row?
- I’m sorry but I’m not clear on the question. Our 221 Series LEVER NUT comes mainly in what I would call a single row of wire entries…see for example 221-413, 221-415, etc. In this Series only the 221-420 is a dual-row configuration (2x5). If I think to the presentation, the question MAY be in reference to the 2734 Series DUAL ROW wire-to-PCB connector with lever operation, and indeed if that is where the question comes from, THAT Series is available in a single row. See for example 2734-1103/327-000 (this happens to be a 3P device, but other pole numbers are available).
Do you have any suggestion about medical implant grade connectors from WAGO?
- I’m afraid I don’t have any suggestions here…our products are not certified to any medical grade standards as this is not a focus market for us…and implantables in my mind are at an EXTRA level of miniaturization.
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