Wago: The 10 Surprising Things You Didn't Know

Electricians love Wago connectors, but what do you know about the company behind the connectors?
In this eFIXX Meet, the Manufacturer, Wago UK team members David Draper and Carl Dakin, joined us. Find out the backstory behind this powerhouse of electrical innovation.
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00:00 eFIXX meet the manufacturer
00:20 The name Waygo or Vargo
01:13 Where does the Wago name originate from?
01:50 What did the company make before connectors?
02:28 First screwless connector
03:40 Who owns Wago?
03:56 Wago global sales?
04:46 How many people are employed by Wago?
05:23 How many factories do Wago operate?
06:36 How many Wago part numbers exist?
07:20 Do Wago just make connectors?
08:19 How can you win a fully expensed electric van?
09:31 Check out the Wago 221 inline review
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📹 Presented by
Gary Hayers - Editor eFIXX
Gordon Routledge CEng MIET - Technology Editor eFIXX
with special guests
David Draper & Carl Dakin of Wago
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#efixx #electricians #wago

[@RedAyeJedii]

When he says some electricians at the shows haven't heard of wagos 100% doing it for free samples 🤣

[@efixx]

Agreed 👍🏻

[@Savagetechie]

I wish they sold the giant 221, it would look lovely in my workshop.

[@efixx]

that’s Gary’s Wago 🦾👍🏻

[@Savagetechie]

@@efixx everytime I see it in a video I'm jealous. They really should make a 5 way that you can store wagos in.

[@efixx]

Great idea

[@Chris_In_Texas]

@@efixx I would buy one as well. Would be cool to store them under the clips. Lift up on the level to open and get to the connectors!

[@imark7777777]

Well it would be neat as a storage container I really would like to join together some 00000000 (8/0) AWG cables.

[@Poorlybobsdad]

It’s 100% Wagos for me. Just got the 221 through connectors which are great for the small enclosure/ lighting circuits. Also have a box of the larger one for 6mm cable.

[@AJ_Lucas]

I work in electrical temps and we go through boxes and boxes of Wagos. A worrying trend on site is other trades opening up our lighting JBs to steal them, leaving live conductors on show.

[@JimWhitaker]

Wow!

[@granttiller]

I’m sure I can remember seeing wago written on gripper rail when we pulled up the carpets in my parent’s house thirty years ago!

[@samjburns07]

And I can hardly remember what I had for tea last night 😂

[@seandempsey7351]

I think the wago is the best I love them. Fantastic video guy’s as always 👍👍👍❤️

[@Jamie-oo3si]

Great product, i was wondering if there is a version for high temperature applications where porcelain is the only options?

[@dogwalker666]

They definitely fail on heater cables.

[@jeremybarker7577]

On ownership of WAGO - it hasn't always been an independent company. From 1974 until 4 April 2003 WAGO was 51% owned by the UK company Spirent PLC and its predecessors. Before that they owned 25% of WAGO but I can't find how long that was for. In some of their Annual Reports they described the WAGO business as a Joint Venture.

[@Beanyboi2913]

Great product for many applications. However I found when doing a tug test the 222 can come undone with medium force respect to a strip of connectors. Probably not an issue with cable grips or glands for securing the cable. Just tight connections avoids high resistance from loose connections.

[@dogwalker666]

They do work loose on machines,

[@alan_edwards_404]

Nice to have the wago reps on guys, is comp just open to electricians? I'm heating engineer and use wago too lol 😆

[@Graham_Langley]

I'd have asked what happened to the patent/design rights on the 222 that led to the almost identical copies and the derived variants.

[@kevinpearson1600]

Was that Gary’s jock strap hanging from the ceiling 😂😂

[@harj-spp8547]

I know I'm late to chime in, really interesting insight into Wago. On a side note, the rep on the left has, to me, an uncanning Lee Mack look and aeven his voice is quite a match! hilarious.

[@AintBigAintClever]

Must be in the genes. Graeme Hall (the Dogs Behaving Badly guy) sounds like Lee Mack and looks like he could be his dad.

[@pravinmahadik9499]

We had it and using since last 2 years

[@mfx1]

Yay! Win a van with bugger all range, good if you only do local work I suppose.

[@Mike_5]

You need to get them to do a multi conductor connector trial with a Stop Watch !

[@dcoulter10]

Where do I get that big one?

[@tonygray7751]

are Wago working in conjunction with MK with the new model socket outlets ?

[@dogwalker666]

I hope not, Sockets with spring clamp connectors is a scary idea.

[@supersparks9466]

Not bought any old school connector blocks for 3 years, just wish they weren’t so dam expensive

[@darrenfreeman6205]

We say through go's ,2go's, 3go's and 5go's. Get me a wago 221 5way or Wago 221 inline splice connector is a bit of a mouth full. 😂😂

[@mikeoleksa]

Is there a reason the 2 largest DIY stores in North America, Lowe's and Home Depot, don't carry the Wago connectors? I end up having to get them on Amazon and then wait 2 to 5 days to get them.

[@dansanger5340]

Home Depot stocks them now, at least in my area. Not Lowes, though.

[@davidb3537]

Why don't Wago make a four way clamp connector?

[@PavelSlajnev]

In our country we buy wargo not in a box but by the piece.

[@efixx]

Thanks for the feedback 👍🏻

[@josephthompson4363]

Love WAGO products 👍

[@garywhite6395]

Tony Drago's on our site

[@stevehenke678]

I reckon these little bastards are the best single invention to hit our industry since battery tools.

[@jimgeelan5949]

That’s got to be a video, get into the factory and onto design table

[@imark7777777]

And finally we have an official answer to the all important question..... how to say the name! Although I am partial to WA-GO, it rolls off the tongue. oh and G-I-F in case you were wondering.

[@dogwalker666]

"Lazy links" is how they are known.

[@RDavisElectrical]

😍

[@jasonbowe9767]

Why don’t they do a four gang/way ??

[@stokiesparky2790]

I was wondering that myself

[@tlangdon12]

Wago do make 4 way connectors in some of their series, e.g. the 773 series.

[@michaelavoller5995]

that is big

[@acespark1]

Wago push fit carpet wow I think that would be a hard sell to the Dragons 😁🤡🐔

[@efixx]

😀👍🏻

[@dogwalker666]

They are ok for domestic use but in industry they fail regularly, I use them for temporary connections and isolating multicore during fault finding, But won't leave them on permanently. Had too many fail.

[@frankythehousecat2681]

Melt ?

[@dogwalker666]

@@frankythehousecat2681 corrosion mainly, The steel rusts and the springs fail, just been replacing some with crimps and heat shrink.

[@frankythehousecat2681]

@@dogwalker666 Not purrfect then, a bit rough in a extreme environment !

[@dogwalker666]

@@frankythehousecat2681 indeed, Not suitable for Industrial use.

[@kolawolefedrick7539]

Can you have 2 wires in 1 hole of wago?

[@efixx]

No

[@nsubugadavid5895]

It's Beautiful, can i have your contacts?

[@alanallington1001]

Over prices and need so many types and sizes.

[@tlangdon12]

Expensive may be, but if they aren't saving you time, you shouldn't use them. There is a lot of overlap in the sizes. Most domestic electricians will only need one size for radial and ring final circuits.

[@lansdorf]

Is there a R in wago.

[@samteague1563]

I think I have finally figured out why so many comment that it is easy to remove wires from a Wago 222, et al, connector. I is because you haven't really inserted your wire INTO the connector. As stupid as this may sound, it is the result of the extreme pressure required to fully open a Wago lever! The lever MUST be opened to nearly 90 degrees in order to permit wires to be inserted. When I first tried to open a Wago 222, I thought I was going to break the lever before it fully opened. But I persisted and it finally FULLY opened. The clamping spring must of necessity be very strong to really affix the wires in the connector. Makes opening the lever at first a scary proposition. If one had to install a lot of these connectors at one time, I think you will have a sore finger at the end of the day. Perhaps Wago will bring out a tool to give some leverage to fully open the connector on high volume jobs? Just my two cents...🙂

[@davidhilton7780]

VVAGO

[@michaelavoller5995]

if you know you know 😏😏

[@AndrewStrydomBRP]

"Professional electricians only" - Thanks for screwing all the apprentices that are most likely to be handed these boxes and said "here, you can enter".

[@kiers1970]

11th.. Don't mention the war.

[@nw5835]

I did, but I think I got away with it.

[@cag9284]

Spell it.. as you pronounce it....Vargo... not Wago... lol 🤣🤣

[@n0spam911]

wago is made in China

[@Dranok1]

...and the UK... ...and Hungary... ...and Czechia.. ...and...

[@davidhilton7780]

German...

[@OldLordSpeedy]

Yeah?! 😅

[@G1ZQCArtwork]

There is no V in WAGO.!

[@nw5835]

Ve have vays of making you say wago.

[@jeremybarker7577]

It's German and W is pronounced as V in German.

[@G1ZQCArtwork]

@@jeremybarker7577 I know.

[@bernardgarrett3897]

@@jeremybarker7577 and V is pronounced as f. Lol