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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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?
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. E

    2 bell/pendant lights in 1 junction box possible?

    Hello, Currently, I have a chandelier in my dining room. I want replace the lighting with 2 pendant lights in a single 120 volts junction box. Is this possible? Your help and advice is much appreciated.
  10. J

    Wiring a security light to junction box

    Hi, I hope someone can advise. Just wondering how I deal with wiring this security light. in particular dealing with the two neutral wires with the one from the appliance. thanks
  11. W

    Junction Box Question

    Hi, Apologies for the basic (silly!) question, but using a maintenance free box (ashley j803) to extend a ring main circuit, in the configuration in the image attached with 4 cables (2 in, 2 out), would it not create issues having the separate 2 cables in and out, in contact with each other...
  12. T

    Surface Mounted Junction Box to Flush SubPanel

    I am connecting a manual transfer switch to a subpanel. In order to minimize drywall work, I am mounting the transfer switch to the surface of the drywall. The subpanel is flush mounted (even with the surface) to the drywall. There are 14 THHN wires that need to get from the junction box into...
  13. Jaylen Goodway

    Help with 6 terminal Junction Box wiring! DIY

    Hi everyone. I hope this post finds you well. I have recently hired an local electrician to extend my living room lighting a few cm forwards. Long story short, he didn’t seem to know what he was doing and now my light is On even when I switch it off. I have attached my previous ceiling rose...
  14. A

    Code Question - Grounding MC Cable and Metal Junction Boxes - Garage Addition

    Hey, question for the group on grounding when using MC cable and metal boxes.... Situation: Enclosed a carport and turned it into a garage. I'm branching off of an existing bedroom outlet circuit to add 1 outlet and 7 LED light fixtures in the garage area (1 exterior, 6 interior LED puck...
  15. HoneycombEchoRomeo

    Junction box in loft with added wagos to extend lighting.

    Hi Guys, I have seen this in a loft and wondering if it is legal, the junction box is open of course. also one cable (1.5mm flex connects to a 3amp labelled FCU to an extension lead). it seemed the cables weren't able to fit as it was jam packed and someone added some wagos ontop. Can i keep...
  16. craigwolf

    How do I install an outlet ( metal junction box with a gfci ) under sink for dishwasher safely?

    I was having a dishwasher delivered from Best Buy but they wouldn't install unless I had a dedicated outlet for the new d/w plug. I looked up code and its supposed to be under sink. I went to Home Depot & Lowes and they told me I can do this myself. So each helper I talked to had a different...
  17. N

    NoxBox Junction Box.

    Noticed this product being promoted earlier on Youtube (can't remember who and don't remember any mention of it being a paid promotion) and just had a look at it. Maybe I'm being over-critical, but it looks as though someone decided to reinvent the wheel and decided a pre-punctured tyre would be...
  18. I

    1 or 2 junction boxes for induction stove top and wall oven?

    We are renovating our kitchen, and part of the renovation involves replacing our gas oven with an induction stovetop built into the counter and a wall oven built into the cabinet below. I have added two breakers to the panel and run romex from each one to the kitchen area, creating one dedicated...
  19. A

    13A plug through junction box into double gang socket?

    Hi all, Just moved into a house and typically now finding a fair few issues. Hoping to have an EICR done at some point, would've done this before we bought it but the house was renovated and rewired in 2013/14 and we had the regs papers for it so went ahead without. A bit of further digging in...
  20. M

    Maintenance Free 32A Junction Box

    I've been looking at the Wagobox, specifically the 221-4 box, and noticed that it is only classed as maintenance free if the current is 20A or less (derating factor applied to the 32A capacity of the Wago 221 Series 4 connectors) and has a tie-wrap fitted. Do you know of any Wago maintenance...

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