Suitable Junction Box For Bollard Lights?

[nlbhoy]

I looked at a job over weekend another spark left half done, there's 2 Collingwood LED bollard lights
at the entrance to a small office, one at each side of the pathway.

Cable feeding bollards is 1.5mm 3core swa ran ducting. The bollards come with a pre-wired 2 core
flex out the back of the fittings.

I'm struggling to find a suitable junction box that will take 2 swa and a flex, and is suitably IP rated presumably IP67/68?

Any ideas on what to use?

I've found a couple of one's from collingwood etc but they all seem to take only a flex.

 

[Octopus]

Wiska 308?

 

[Andy78]

As Murdoch says. They also do a handy little brass gland plate for their boxes.

 

[nlbhoy]

Wiska 308?

I looked at them but if your putting them under stones and/or soil would they not need to be
at least IP67?

 

[Pete999]

20mm "Y" Galvanised conduit box, complete with lid and gasket

 

[Octopus]

I looked at them but if your putting them under stones and/or soil would they not need to be
at least IP67?

Would it not fit inside the unit?

 

[SJD]

How about a Wagobox-Capsule:
https://www.connexbox.com/catalog/p...ip68-adaptable-junction-box-grey/category/38/
They claim to be IP68 (the lid has a double gasket), but more than likely the entry glands will compromise that a little.

You can also get a plate to earth SWA nuts to: https://www.connexbox.com/wcep-lid-2.html

 

[nlbhoy]

Would it not fit inside the unit?

The bollards are solid wood so there's know where you could hide a JB. Even the pre-wired
cable just hangs out the back of the bollard about 300mm up, so there isn't anywhere
you could even hide this.

The bollard then sits on a steel bracket/base. They look cool from the front but then you have
black flex just sticking out the back which isn't the nicest.

 

[nlbhoy]

20mm "Y" Galvanised conduit box, complete with lid and gasket

Thanks.

Then just fill conduit box with resin/gel?

 

[Andy78]

The bollards are solid wood so there's know where you could hide a JB. Even the pre-wired
cable just hangs out the back of the bollard about 300mm up, so there isn't anywhere
you could even hide this.

The bollard then sits on a steel bracket/base. They look cool from the front but then you have
black flex just sticking out the back which isn't the nicest.

Mount the Wiska box on the bollard low down at the rear of the bollard ?

 

[nlbhoy]

Mount the Wiska box on the bollard low down at the rear of the bollard ?

Don't think the client is sold on this, as she thinks the boxes are an eye sore.

What I suggested was to have be box buried under the stones and use a black P clip to hold the black cable against
the wooden bollard.

 

[Andy78]

You could suggest the bollards aren't suitable and need swapping

If a concealed under ground joint is your only option I would consider using a small lidded inspection pit to house the joint box if possible. Direct buried joints in boxes, even gel filled, are just waiting for eventual failure.

 

[snowhead]

Collingwood mains LED bollard, outdoor LED bollard, BOL LED 030 MAINS NW UK

Looks to be a very expensive piece of fence post plus Led?

Have you got to hide the LED driver as well?

 

[stevethesparks]

If you want to go the route of gel filled boxes, then go the extra mile and also wrap them in Denso tape. But I am the same opinion of Andy78 as regards eventual failure.

 

[nlbhoy]

Collingwood mains LED bollard, outdoor LED bollard, BOL LED 030 MAINS NW UK

Looks to be a very expensive piece of fence post plus Led?

Have you got to hide the LED driver as well?

That's pretty much the one.

There's no driver to hide.

 

[Flanders]

Could you not use a underground submarine joint kit Cable Jointing : 3M UK & Ireland

 

[Adam W]

You could bury a JB under the fitting, fix a galvanised conduit box to the bollard in the most inconspicuous place, or fix a JB to a stake nearby and suitably protect the flex to the fitting.

 

[DPG]

£365.11 - how many do you get for that? Daz

 

[telectrix]

or get some surplus flight recorders from boeing. they're good for a couple of thousand ft. under water. make wago connections in them. :96:

 

[crossplot]

I looked at a job over weekend another spark left half done, there's 2 Collingwood LED bollard lights
at the entrance to a small office, one at each side of the pathway.

Cable feeding bollards is 1.5mm 3core swa ran ducting. The bollards come with a pre-wired 2 core
flex out the back of the fittings.

I'm struggling to find a suitable junction box that will take 2 swa and a flex, and is suitably IP rated presumably IP67/68?

Any ideas on what to use?

I've found a couple of one's from collingwood etc but they all seem to take only a flex.

If you are looking for an underground connection unit, then perhaps you might consider a termination joint pack. However you have stated that there is a flex coming from the bollard so you may need to consider additional protection of the cable with armour flex or similar. If you need to get access to it and its above ground, Galv term box 'U' or 'Y' if its a loop with gasket and galv lid.