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• Prevents overheating and device failure due to loose terminations

• Saves installation time; eliminates the step of opening / closing terminals with a screwdriver
  
• Beefy external cord clamp with inserts for smaller cords, provide excellent strain relief
• Patented design ensures a perfect electrical connection every time

Since their invention in the late 1800s, virtually
all electrical wiring devices have had one common feature: the screw type terminal.

Although screw terminations are functional they do have a flaw: Screw Terminals loosen.

Screw Terminals may loosen due to VIBRATION from motors or transport.

After screw termination is made, the fine copper strands tend to shift, allowing the screw to loosen. This phenomenon is called CREEP. It leads to heat rise, more loosening, and often device failure.

Screw terminals also loosen because they are not tight enough in the first place. Unless you use a torque-measuring screwdriver, it is nearly impossible to know if you are making a proper termination.

The cage clamp terminals are based on the concept of using spring pressure instead of screws to make the termination. The spring delivers a pre-determined amount of pressure and automatically adjusts to shifting strands (creep).

This revolutionary design utilizes color coded cam levers to open and close the chambers that accept the conductors.

Users simply strip the conductor using the gauge on the device, open the terminal by hand, insert the conductor and close the lever.

Terminal Identification- Lever colors identify:

• hot
  (black)
• neutral (white)
• ground (green)

DESIGNED FOR DURABILITY:

Lex-Loc™ devices meet or exceed Hospital Grade U.S. tests. Devices conform to U.S. Standards for hospital equipment, #498 and #544, including:

• Abrupt plug removal (parallel to wall) test
• Ground contact temperature test
• Ground resistance test
• Grounding contact overstress test
• Assembly security test
• Mold stress relief test
• Crush test
• Cord grip strain relief tests
• Static cord pull test
• Rotary cord pull test
• Impact resistance test
• Mechanical drop test

CONSTRUCTION:

Housing and Body: Nylon – Tough and resistant to a wide range of chemicals. U.L.Recognized for 125°C continuous use. U.L.94V-2 Flammability Index. Beveled design to resist snagging.

Blades and Contacts:
Solid brass for excellent conductivity

Terminal Cover:
Clear polycarbonate – terminals visible

Assembly Screws:
Two U-drive combination slot/crosshead

MECHANICAL:

Accommodates 18/3 SJ through 10/3 S cable
Cord Accommodation (with inserts): .300”- .430”

Cord Accommodation (inserts removed): >.430”- .655”

U.L.Listed File E57672
C.S.A.Certified File LR81290

ELECTRICAL:

Dielectric Withstand Voltage: >3,000V

Heat Rise:
Maximum 30°C after 100 cycles at 150%
of rated current

Current Interrupting: Yes