Exterior lighting

[Gringoking88]

Hi all,

I have been asked to swap an exterior tube lighting thing to 4 wall lights over a shop front for a friend. My question is what would you guys use for the neatest and tidiest way of splitting the cables e.g. From light 1 to light 2 etc etc? I cant do inside the light fitting as they just have a rubber gromit that would only maintain a seal around 1 individual round cable? I am reluctant to use adaptable boxes as they are so big and ugly.

Any advise or ideas would be great???

Many thanks,

Martin

 

[westward10]

It is debatable whether silicone affects the properties of the cable sheath as there are so many different varieties. If you need to seal cable entries use a product suitable for electrical work, best to carry out a job to a standard where it is not required at all. You see silicone used all the time when generally it is not necessary.

 

[1Justin]

Well I often tell customers that I need to see the lights beforehand, and that if they don't support loop-in (or at least 2 cables), it's going to cost them extra and/or they'll be having another box on the wall!

Too many lighting manufacturers don't support the prospective installers. I recently grumbled to "DAR" lighting about a 25mm long "junction box" scarcely adequate for a single and very carefully trimmed 1mm cable, and got the unconcerned reply "DAR lighting don't recommend loop-in".

 

[telectrix]

seal with plasticene or blu-tac.

 

[NDG Elecs]

Try and find lights that have sufficient space inside them for two cables....easier said than done though. And preferably ones you could put a gland on. Keep the cable size down to as minimum as possible. Could use a 20mm conduit round terminal box as they are pretty unobtrusive, with a bush and gland on each exit.

 

[Hellmooth]

Would these work? They are ip68 and I use them for garden lighting where putting in flower beds etc but the could look neat enough for what you're doing.

 

[Hellmooth]

Would these work? They are ip68 and I use them for garden lighting where putting in flower beds etc but the could look neat enough for what you're doing.

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[DPG]

Hellmooth, where do you get these IP68 plugs/sockets from for a decent price? Cheers, Daz.