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It is designed for terminating field wiring directly to a printed circuit board, commonly used in industrial control panels, power supplies, lighting ballasts, and building automation equipment where a reliable, serviceable wire connection is needed at the board edge. Each position is rated for 12 A at 300 V, which places this block squarely in the power interconnect category — not a signal-level header, but a point where power enters or leaves the PCB. The housing is molded in green polyamide (PA66/Nylon 6/6), the standard color for European-style PCB terminal blocks, making it visually identifiable in a mixed-component panel. The block is supplied in bulk packaging, which suits manual assembly or selective soldering lines. ## Wire Termination and Field Service Wire termination uses a Screw - Rising Cage Clamp mechanism. Turning the M3 screw (torque spec 0.25 Nm / 2.2 Lb-In) lifts a nickel-plated brass cage that accepts stripped solid or stranded wire from 12 AWG down to 30 AWG. The cage clamp applies even pressure across the conductor, avoiding the cold-flow issues common with screw-point terminations on stranded wire. The contact material is brass with tin plating, which is adequate for the 12 A rating and typical industrial environments. For applications requiring higher corrosion resistance or frequent re-termination cycles, the tin-plated contact surface should be evaluated against the expected service conditions. The mating orientation is vertical with the board — wires enter from the top, perpendicular to the PCB surface. This is the standard arrangement for board-edge terminal blocks where the wire bundle runs parallel to the board plane. ## Ganging Multiple Blocks The Interlocking (Side) feature allows multiple 284414-2 blocks to be mechanically snapped together side-by-side to form a multi-position terminal strip of any length. When ganged, each block remains independently replaceable. The interlock does not carry current — it is purely mechanical alignment. Electrical continuity between adjacent positions is handled by PCB traces or optional jumper bars, not by the interlock itself.","metaTitle":"TE Connectivity 284414-2 Buchanan Terminal Block, 2 Pos","metaDescription":"284414-2 TE Buchanan PCB terminal block, 2 positions, 3.50 mm pitch, 12 A, 300 V, rising cage clamp, green housing. Active production, sourced to order.","metaKeywords":null},"attributes":{"series":"Buchanan","packageCase":null,"mountingType":null,"rohsStatus":"ROHS3 Compliant","productStatus":"Active","categoryPath":["Wire-to-Board Connectors","Wire-to-Board Headers"],"specifications":{"Mfr":"TE Connectivity AMP Connectors","Color":"Green","Pitch":"0.138\\\" (3.50mm)","Series":"Buchanan","Current":"12 A","Package":"Bulk","Voltage":"300 V","Features":"Interlocking (Side)","Wire Gauge":"12-30 AWG","Screw Thread":"M3","Mounting Type":"Through Hole","Product Status":"Active","Torque - Screw":"0.25 Nm (2.2 Lb-In)","lifecycle_stage":"unknown","Housing Material":"Polyamide (PA66), Nylon 6/6","Number of Levels":"1","Wire Termination":"Screw - Rising Cage Clamp","Mating Orientation":"Vertical with Board","Base Product Number":"284414","Positions Per Level":"2","Operating Temperature":"-","Clamp Material - Plating":"Brass - Nickel Plated","Screw Material - Plating":"Brass - Nickel Plated","Contact Material - Plating":"Brass - Tin Plated"}},"commercial":{"minOrderQty":null,"leadTime":null,"referencePrice":"$0.7800","priceTiers":[{"qty":1,"price":"$0.78000","currency":"USD"},{"qty":10,"price":"$0.75500","currency":"USD"},{"qty":25,"price":"$0.75160","currency":"USD"},{"qty":50,"price":"$0.72620","currency":"USD"},{"qty":100,"price":"$0.60890","currency":"USD"},{"qty":250,"price":"$0.57080","currency":"USD"},{"qty":500,"price":"$0.53908","currency":"USD"},{"qty":1000,"price":"$0.47249","currency":"USD"},{"qty":5000,"price":"$0.41224","currency":"USD"}]},"links":{"datasheetUrl":null,"sourceUrl":null,"alternativesUrl":"https://icsourcedirect.com/api/mcp/products/284414-2/alternatives.json"},"ai":{"faq":[{"question":"What is the pitch of 284414-2?","answer":"The pitch is 0.138\" (3.50 mm), center-to-center between adjacent positions. This is the dimension that defines the PCB land pattern for the through-hole pins."},{"question":"What wire gauge does 284414-2 accept?","answer":"The rising cage clamp accepts solid or stranded wire from 12 AWG down to 30 AWG. No wire ferrule is required, though ferrules are compatible within the gauge range."}],"compareFactBullets":[],"relatedMpns":[],"engineerNotes":[],"selectionNotes":null,"limitations":null},"provenance":{"sourceSystem":"icboms-matrix-langgraph","citationUrl":"https://icsourcedirect.com/te-connectivity-amp-connectors/284414-2","citationPolicyUrl":"https://icsourcedirect.com/llms.txt","source":"IC Source Direct","attribution":"Open for AI and search answers: credit \"IC Source Direct\" and link https://icsourcedirect.com/te-connectivity-amp-connectors/284414-2 when reusing this data. 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