Wiring downlights

[spoonani]

Afternoon,

I'm wiring in three downlights in an internal downstairs hallway. The downlights are mains voltage ones. I planned to wire them from one to the next but on one of the connector boxes, I cannot get two wires in for love nor money for some reason (on either live or neutral)

Are there any issues with using a three-way junction box and wiring off that as below:



Mains supply---------------JB--------------- DL ---------------DL
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`````````````````````DL
(ignore ` otherwise text moves over to left and ruins diagran

The other downlight connector box I managed to get both wires in without any issues

The junction box will be easily accessible from lifting the floorboards above

Many thanks

 

[Octopus]

What size cable have you used?

 

[spoonani]

1.5mm twin and earth

 

[Octopus]

When I fit downlighters I use clic connectors, takes all the hassle away!

 

[mayfair]

but they still have to go in an enclosure so the JB would be same as but maybe you have different type

When I fit downlighters I use clic connectors, takes all the hassle away!

 

[i=p/u]

on click connectors there is 3 sets of terminal like a ceiling rose????

 

[telectrix]

small JB at each downlight. accessible through downlight hole. heat resistant flex from JB to fitting. only 1 cable in fitting then, and no burnt T/E above fitting. sssssimples.

 

[Octopus]

on click connectors there is 3 sets of terminal like a ceiling rose????

Any your point is?

I too fit heat resistant cable between the clic and the downlighter

 

[i=p/u]

just never seen them close up

 

[mayfair]

The ones they sell here must be a different thing m8

on click connectors there is 3 sets of terminal like a ceiling rose????

 

[Octopus]

You can also use the "4 core" type in your fan circuit for ease of maintanance etc

 

[spoonani]

Each downlight has a live and neutral going into a connector box which came with the downlight (no earth). The connector box has two wires in and two wires out (live and neutral). Clearly in all apart from the final downlight, there will be two cables going into the connector box. One I managed to get both lives and neutrals into the connector box without too much trouble but the other one I cannot get both in, hence I'm looking at using a junction box. I appreciate it isn't the neatest but are there any issues with it

 

[rocker]

small JB at each downlight. accessible through downlight hole. heat resistant flex from JB to fitting. only 1 cable in fitting then, and no burnt T/E above fitting. sssssimples.

JB (if accessible from hole) would have to have sufficient cable grip. I reccommend helacons or wagos in a wagobox

 

[Octopus]

Each downlight has a live and neutral going into a connector box which came with the downlight (no earth). The connector box has two wires in and two wires out (live and neutral). Clearly in all apart from the final downlight, there will be two cables going into the connector box. One I managed to get both lives and neutrals into the connector box without too much trouble but the other one I cannot get both in, hence I'm looking at using a junction box. I appreciate it isn't the neatest but are there any issues with it

What did you do with the CPC?

 

[spoonani]

cpc???