No back box ... Just straight into the wall behind

[Dustydazzler]

Anyone seen this before

 

[littlespark]

That’s never a real electrician…..

He’s got a dustpan and brush for goodness sake!

 

[nicebutdim]

Is this standard practice in Australia?

 

[Dartlec]

Just taken out two double sockets (one above the other, fancy like) in a kitchen that were screwed to joists with wood screws, to find a big hole behind, so it's not only a foreign thing apparently!

 

[Dustydazzler]

Is it simply a cost cutting exercise to save on the cost of a back box ?

 

[telectrix]

That’s never a real electrician…..

He’s got a dustpan and brush for goodness sake!

there's a big hole in the worktop for the debris to go down. and h'e wearing gloves..... Wimp.

 

[swaRRR]

He uses auto strippers, likely DIY.

 

[telectrix]

He uses auto strippers, likely DIY.

so do I, but they are Klein.

 

[Dustydazzler]

To be fair if im stripping a lot of cables like making off a new board then I do carry a set of auto-strippers with me , they strip a lot easier with less pulling on your wrists all day

What I find odd is why don't they just use a 25mm pattress to fit the socket rather than hacking a hole in the wall and sinking the socket in the hole

 

[timhoward]

He uses auto strippers, likely DIY.

Lots of us do.

 

[littlespark]

Why doesn’t Uk have something like this?

No back box? The socket could have a cable grip and a cover over the terminals.

Drill a 2 inch hole in the plasterboard, let the excess cable hang into void.

The only downside would be getting a decent fixing… and install time against a dry lining box.

 

[telectrix]

also got this beast. preset holes. good for fine stranded as no pull on conductors. goes from 0.25.. -6.0mm.

 

[timhoward]

It’s occurred to me that the mechanical stresses placed on the socket frame by inserting and removing our UK plugs are greater than several other countries designs.

I wouldn’t be worried about the socket pictured pulling away from plasterboard. I’m not so sure about our plugs and sockets being ok secured at four points via screws from the front.

 

[telectrix]

screw some long coach bolts in from next door. couple of hooks, so neighbour can hang his wellies up.

 

[davesparks]

He uses auto strippers, likely DIY.

I guess I must be a DIYer too then!

 

[swaRRR]

I guess I must be a DIYer too then!

I've got some, i love them. But i don't get them out to strip 1 cable.

 

[nicebutdim]

I've got some, i love them. But i don't get them out to strip 1 cable.

Perhaps they were at the top of his toolbox, rather than stowed in a presentation box,