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  1. Togalonn

    Is it safe to install junction boxes?

    Hi, Is it safe to install junction boxes in damp, high-temperature, or mechanically vulnerable locations for long-term use? What are the best practices to ensure safety?
  2. S

    Old 30amp junction box

    Hi All Just found in my loft a 30amp round junction box on lighting circuit with 7x1.5mm T&E cables going into it. It doesn't look very tidy with the earths twisted together on outside of box. Would it be ok to change this to a Wago XL box and Wago connectors. Thank you for your help.
  3. S

    How to pierce a junction box??

    I bought this junction box from screwfix. I need it to put my cctv camera connections in there. https://www.screwfix.com/p/vimark-4-entry-square-junction-box-with-knockouts-82mm-x-52mm-x-82mm/999vt Outside near the camera. So a camera cable will come into it and one cable that is for power and...
  4. phillan

    Electrician Charging Me To Rewire Junction

    Hi All. I found an electrician on check a trade. He had all 5-star reviews, I was green - renovating my first home so he seemed great, and he was the first trade I employed. I have had the worst experience of my life with him - I feel like he has ripped me off everywhere he can - Firstly, he...
    • phillan
    • Thread
    • charging electrician junction overcharge rewire
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
  5. T

    Spur/Junction for outdoor socket for PHEV charging?

    Hi all, I have a hybrid car and I’m trying to install a socket outdoors. I’m on E7 and have storage heaters on their own circuits, can I make a little T junction within a back box like so and connect that round the corner to an external EV-rated socket? Circuit is 16A, storage heater does not...
  6. J

    Junction Box Connection for AC Cables

    Hi everyone, I'm working on a project where I need to connect two copper AC cables. Instead of running a very long cable, I'm using two shorter cables that I already have on hand. I'm planning to connect them inside a junction box using a terminal block ) for continuity. The cables are...
  7. J

    Has anyone used the Quickfix Junction Box : QUICKFIX-JB 3 or QUICKFIX-JB 4

    Hi All. Anyone got experience/usage of using the Quickfix Junction Box, with the Wago 221 Connectors ? https://www.quickfixjb.co.uk/ https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/tcl/search?query=quickfix+jb&Submit=Search
  8. C

    Junction boxes in roof space

    Hi all, with majority of new builds adopting loop at the switch for residential lighting circuits these days, am wondering if any one still bothers with junction boxes in the roof space these days?
    • colesbob77
    • Thread
    • ausie elec boxes junction roof space
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Australia
  9. J

    Can i wire an outside socket to a junction box located for a car charger?

    Hi, i live in a new build house where they builders have left a junction box on the outside of my house. In the junction box there is a 6mm twin and eath cable and what looks like a Cat5 cable. The twin and earth is currently in connector blocks. This cable runs from the junction box straight to...
    • Jordanntfc
    • Thread
    • box car car charger charger junction junction box outside outside socket socket wire
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. D

    Can anyone recognise how to use this Junction Box

    I collect old Electrical Fittings and I recently acquired this vintage Junction Box (photos attached). I've been trying to figure out how it would have been wired in/used. This Bakelite Junction Box has a Depth of 1¼ inches with an outside Diameter of 2½ inches. Viewed from...
  11. impish15

    Standard junction boxes with screw terminals

    Hi, Hopefully I haven't made an error but I was speaking with another electrician and he said standard junction boxes with screw terminals can no longer be used anymore, is this true? I wasn't aware of this. I fitted 2 in a loft last week (to replace a connection just wrapped up in tape) as...
  12. oracle

    13A FCU connected to the kitchen ring supplying an outdoor junction box,

    I found a 13A FCU, connected to the kitchen ring supplying an outdoor junction box, providing two SWA 2.5mm radials. Unconventional? yes. One radial 3m long to IP56 socket, and one radial supplying garage unit, lightning and power.
    • oracle
    • Thread
    • box connected fcu junction junction box kitchen outdoor ring supplying
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  13. L

    How to install a junction on ring circuit spur?

    Hi everyone, I've got an electrical ring circuit that looks somewhat like the drawing below, where the blue sockets are part of the main ring and the red socket is a spur. I need to create a new socket, but the closest socket and the only one I have easy access to is the spur. Is there any...
  14. AE Hammer

    Is this junction box up to codes?

    Good day. Is there something wrong with this junction box (code violation) for a wall fixture? It is secured to studs. Old construction. Need it for a heavy fixture (16lb), usual boxes are rated up to 10 pounds and I don't want to cut the wall to install wood support. Previous fixture was...
  15. S

    Splice wire in the breaker panel or install a junction panel/box and splice there?

    Hello, First of all, thank you in advance for any helpful insights posted in response to my question. I have just moved into a new home. With my new home being in Florida, the thought of a hurricane wiping out power to my home for days or weeks is unsettling. So I've opted to purchase a...
  16. N

    Maintenance free junction and inappropriate cable selection rage

    Here's a sand pit. Knock yourselves out.
    • nicebutdim
    • Thread
    • cable free junction maintenance
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. V

    Kitchen Junction Box Question Please?

    Hi Everyone, Sorry in advance if this is a silly question. There is a junction box in my mother's kitchen, on the wall above her kitchen cabinet. It looks like one of these: https://www.screwfix.com/p/30a-3-terminal-junction-box-white/5866d Can I ask if it is unsafe to have these in kitchens...
  18. M

    Lighting Junction box in loft with 9 cables in??

    Doing a rewire at the minute and was wondering if anyone has ever seen or heard of a lighting circuit being connected somewhere in an installation with 8/9 cables connected. I’m an apprentice so I’m curious about most things and was wondering if you was to do an EICR how you would code this...
  19. E

    Cable Junction Under Floor Without Box

    Hi, Looking for more advice please. My electrician has spurred off a cable under flooring using what seem to be wago type connectors (push in, no screws). They are not enclosed in a box and the flooring is boarded and will be tiled over when refurbished. Is this acceptable by current regs or...
  20. Oldskoolskater

    Wago 221 + box = replacement for 30A junction box?

    Hi, I need to swap out a damaged 30A junction box on an existing ring main circuit and thought I'd replace it with Wago 221 connectors and a Wago box, but got a bit concerned by the multiple ratings on the sides of the connectors. Can I simply swap out an old 30A JB with Wagos? Will it be...
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