Dangerous compatibility: connector products

Jake Green, Head of Technical Engagement with Scolmore Group, looks at some of the problems associated with inferior quality connector products which don’t meet the required standards and therefore represent a safety hazard.
Connectors are a method of joining one conductor to another and are capable of passing larger currents and voltages. A poor connection passing such currents can cause high resistance faults which could generate enough heat to degrade insulation which in turn can lead t