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or you could use 5a small junction boxes...which will also pull through, depending on the size of the hole.

hi...if connecting a joint in a dry wall box are crimps the preferred method or connector blocks..is there anything in regs that says you cant use plastic connector blocks only ceramic as ive been told...also same question for connecting lights in parallel...crimps, connector blocks or small...

thanks for quick reply...just had look on net for info on thru crimps but not much there....do you have any links where i can get threm from....

hi ..if a jb is unaccessible (its above a extended kitchen sloping roof but about to be boarded up) can the cables still be connected in a jb and secured on joist or do they need to accesible..i was thinking of putting the cables into a dryline box then crimmping inside the box and covering with...

thanks plugwash....there are currently only 3 x 60w bulbs in use on the downstairs circuit....so fairly light load but i think i'll probably run it off the ring with fcu......thanks again

actually...it is possible to have a live and neutral at a light switch ....but what he is asking for is still highly dangerous and it is safer to put in a new circuit...if not,,,theres always an extension lead.........

hi guys...which is the correct/approved way to install 2 outside security lights (150w each)..is it good practice to take a feed from exising downstairs lighting circuit or to get a feed from the ring main or maybe even a dedicated circuit from the CU....also would i have to put in a fcu?????.......

thanks guys...didnt realise i could get rcd fcu....think i'll just put in SELV downlights instead.....thanks again.....

would i still need rcd protection downlights were ELV....

thanks for quick reply...it is 240v....but if i change it for a low voltage...will i still need to have a new circuit....

hi...i am in the process of updating all my electrics at home....i am unsure about the cooker socket...i have been told that it needs to have have its own circuit (40 amp)....using 6mm cable with a 45amp cooker switch....i have also been told that i can run a spur off the exiting ring circuit...

hi all...i am currently wiring up a new light above the shower...i have bought from from b and q...on the packing it says that it needs to be connected to a 30mA rcd..i thought it would be ok to connect up on the existing wiring which is on a 6A lighting circuit...is this in the regs or would i...

the crimped cables dont NEED to be accessible do they....obviously once plastered over they wouldnt be...so in this case is it bad practise to do it this way or is the correct method to sink an extra box in and crimp there....sorry guys, just trying to find the right way of doing it.....thanks

thanks for your reply.....i am taking a supply from one of the sockets taking it to two extra double sockets and then crimping the return back at the original socket or can i just connect at the original socket which would mean it has 4 sets of cables in it...(which is like a ring within a...

hi all....i am new to this site but need some info on a ring main......i am trying to extend a ring main in the kitchen by adding two extra double sockets.....the existing cables are awkward to get to (behind the tiles) to add a junction box....is it allowed by regs to join the cables together...