In order to protect the stripped ends of stranded wires, wire end sleeves are often used. This allows the stranded wire cables to be connected easily and without damaging the individual wires in the terminals or clamps.
Wire end sleeves are available in insulated or uninsulated versions. Wire end sleeves with protective collar (colored) also offer additional kink protection for the connected wire. The color coding of the protective collar also provides information about the maximum wire or conductor cross-section. There are three different, partly contradictory identification colors. The color coding according to DIN standard 46228 is becoming more and more common in specialized trade.
Here is a list of the three different identification colors:
Cross section | | French color code | | German color code | | DIN-Standard 46228 |
0,14 mm² | | brown | | grey | | grey |
0,25 mm² | | violet | | light blue | | yellow |
0,34 mm² | | pink | | turquoise | | turquoise |
0,50 mm² | | white | | orange | | white |
0,75 mm² | | blue | | white | | grey |
1,00 mm² | | red | | yellow | | red |
1,50 mm² | | black | | red | | black |
2,50 mm² | | grey | | blue | | blue |
4,00 mm² | | orange | | grey | | grey |
6,00 mm² | | green | | black | | yellow |
10,00 mm² | | brown | | ivory | | red |
16,00 mm² | | ivory | | green | | blue |
25,00 mm² | | black | | brown | | yellow |
Assembled ferrules in our cable configurator for stranded and single stranded wires!
The different lengths of ferrules at a glance:
- N - standard length
- K - short version
- HL - half-length version
- L - long version
Another variant of the ferrules is the twin ferrule. This is used to insert 2 conductors into one ferrule. The twin variant is available for conductor cross-sections from 2 x 0.25 mm² to 2 x 16 mm², whereby the color identification of the conductor cross-section can be taken from the table above.
If a slightly thicker cable is to be reduced, as the connection possibility is designed for a thinner cable, pin cable lugs can be used. Pin cable lugs are therefore an alternative to wire end ferrules.
The inquiry form for stranded cables can be found here.