{"id":58687,"date":"2021-03-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-gb\/?p=58687"},"modified":"2021-03-01T09:16:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T09:16:58","slug":"retrofitting-terminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-gb\/retrofitting-terminals\/","title":{"rendered":"Retrofitting terminals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Written by Scott Mulholland, Product Manager- Industrial Components<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screw terminal side entry<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Traditional push in \u2018PT\u2019 terminal top entry<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In retrofit activity, its very easy to incur material costs and labour charges that can ramp up alarmingly from initial estimations. Replacing the terminals and conductors in a busy cabinet, junction box or machine could prove a serious undertaking. Therefore, replacing your traditional screw terminals with a more modern spring based push in terminal might be an initially attractive proposition.  It then it dawns on you that the benefits of speed of installation, vibration proof etc that come with fitting a push in \u2018PT\u2019 terminal may be negated by the need to replace each individual conductor\/wire to achieve the extra wire length (say 40mm for arguments sake) to be able \u2018loop\u2019 over into the top of the terminal. You would need to do this as \u2018PT\u2019 push in terminals are top entry, whereas screw terminals are side entry. This could be very costly both in time and cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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We have developed the PTV terminal<\/a> to incorporate the best features of each of the above terminals, and ensure that to move to a push in (spring) terminal will not automatically mean that you need to replace EVERY conductor that goes into a terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being part of the established Phoenix Contact \u2018Clipline Complete\u2019 terminal family<\/a>, PTV sits seamlessly alongside all of the other Clipline complete terminals (whatever their size or termination technology) and utilises the exact same set of universal accessories (so no extra headache of identifying which accessory parts you are going to need, all of the bridges and other accessories are common across the Clipline range).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To summarise, PTV offers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Vibration resistant<\/li>
  • Fast wiring<\/li>
  • Clear visibility of marking (both on the terminal and the wires)<\/li>
  • No wire bending radius required.<\/li>
  • Bridging channels not hindered by close proximity of \u2018over looped\u2019 wiring<\/li>
  • Utilises the established ZB, ZBF and TMT marking materials<\/li>
  • Easily accessible test points.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Very suitable for retrofit projects\/activity as the wire comes straight out of the trunking directly into the side of the terminal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    By way of summary, I\u2019d like to invite you to watch this short video that captures why we\u2019ve developed PTV for our customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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