The 5.08 mm pitch provides a standard footprint for power distribution and signal wiring on a PCB, with enough spacing to handle the 300 V rating without excessive creepage concerns. The screwless push-button clamp accepts 12-30 AWG wire, letting a harness builder land solid or stranded conductors without a screwdriver — the button opens the clamp, wire inserts, release to grip.
16 A per Position with Tin-Plated Contacts
Rated 16 A per position at 300 V, with copper alloy contacts tin-plated on the clamp side. The 16 A rating is the per-position current limit at the rated temperature; the actual headroom depends on the number of adjacent positions conducting simultaneously and the ambient temperature inside the enclosure.
Screwless Push-Button Termination
The push-button clamp mechanism is the key assembly differentiator: press the button with a finger or small tool, insert the stripped wire, release. No screw torque control, no risk of over-torquing a clamp, and no tool needed beyond wire strippers. The steel clamp material holds the wire against the tin-plated copper alloy contact.
Green Housing, Single Level, Through-Hole Mount
The green polyamide (nylon) housing is the standard colour for this TE series, making it visually distinct from other blocks on a dense board. The single-level design keeps the profile low — 10 positions in one row, through-hole solder pins for the PCB. The interlocking side feature allows multiple blocks to be ganged side-by-side on the same pitch to build a larger position count without gaps, though each block is ordered separately. Bulk packaging means the part ships loose in a bag or box, not on a reel — fine for manual assembly or low-volume production, but a pick-and-place line would need a different packaging option.