Full Junction Box

[toasty]

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• toasty
• 5 Jan 2010
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I must confess that I got a little carried away with this one, but it just goes to show that you can fit an insane number of cables (16 in this case) into 1 junction box and still keep it neat.

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• toasty
• 5 Jan 2010
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[flyingsparks]

Very nice..

 

[toasty]

Very nice..

Thanks!!

Sort of got the idea the other day when I did this one and it seemed almost empty!!

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• toasty
• 5 Jan 2010
• 1

...a bit more attention to detail this time around, dressed the screwheads, stripped the cables a bit neater and bingo.

I was thinking, you could probably get 20 x 1.0mm cables into a 30amp round junction box! - Anyone care to try

 

[electronicsuk]

I have to ask though: What's it for? It looks as if there's a carpet underneath the JB in the bottom picture, and it's pretty rare you get to install one in a location as comfy to work in as that!

 

[toasty]

The top one is a big room lighting setup, 5 circuits of between 2-3 lights on each switch. 12 lamps in total.

The smaller of the two is on some carpet in the picture (well spotted) but it's in a loft space - I just used to carpet to kneel on, otherwise I get bad knees. Again it's a lighting circuit - 4xGU10 downlights in a bathroom.

 

[GaryMo]

Why didn't you use a larger, more suitable junction box with enough terminals?

Was this just to proove how many conductors you could terminate or is it in service?
If it's in service I'd hate to have to disconnect anything for fault finding!

 

[toasty]

Why didn't you use a larger, more suitable junction box with enough terminals?

Was this just to proove how many conductors you could terminate or is it in service?
If it's in service I'd hate to have to disconnect anything for fault finding!

Fair points.. As I said, I got a bit carried away seeing if they would all fit a larger box would have been far more sensible...

 

[GaryMo]

Even so, hat off to you sir!

 

[toasty]

Even so, hat off to you sir!

Thanks!!

Maybe I should leave a tenner taped to the top of it, as an apology to the next person who has to work on it!

 

[scott1980]

...a bit more attention to detail this time around, dressed the screwheads, stripped the cables a bit neater and bingo.

Very neat, though I'm not sure I'm a fan of dressing the heads on terminal screws! Visable accessory screws, fair doos if you're that OCD, but terminals should be done up to the required tightness in my opinion.

 

[toasty]

I'm not sure I'm a fan of dressing the heads on terminal screws! Visable accessory screws, fair doos if you're that OCD, but terminals should be done up to the required tightness in my opinion.

....Ummmm, that is a good point well made....
Guess who's just been back up into the loft to give them all a extra tweak up!
Thanks!

 

[sparkwright]

Very nice..

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• toasty
• 5 Jan 2010
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personally i like to keep all the cores the same length (about 60 mm) for convenience. during maintenance, once one of those 'dead length' wires gets brittle/snaps off...

 

[grantewart]

Would like to see what you will do if one of your short neutrals burns out LOL

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I have to ask though: What's it for? It looks as if there's a carpet underneath the JB in the bottom picture,

He's taken the requirement for JBs to be accessible a little too far....

 

[wingcoax]

To Grantewart, He probably does what i do and leaves a foot of slack out5 of sight.