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Surely you can use any empty box and just use connecter blocks inside to join the wires if the tape comes prewired. What 6 core tape are you using? RGBW 5 core is more common

Turn the power Off, you should not be live working. Just do a continuity test between red and black of each. Operating the switch will toggle between open/closed circuit on your meter

A lot of the medical sites we do have them, apparently it aids the staff who often wear some form of gloves It allows them easier switch operation as well as preventing operating both switches inadvertently,. Moreso for the corridor sockets that cleaners use

When you return see if there's others located, that's a newish logic plus and as you say the sign looks old and possibly older than the original logic range. I would also expect it to have outboard rocker switches in a hospital environment Maybe if recent even a grey microbial socket

Yes I agree with you, it would appear that the top and possibly the bottom of the connecters as you say would indeed be single insulated, but the instructions I have seen with similar fittings, insinuate that there supplied box needs to be used. I assume somewhere they may have been tested...

Them silly things they supply are rubbish unless you have 1 cable. Technically you are right, without it there will be just single insulation, most cases it would not be an issue and I quess often overlooked. There is sometimes an option to actually earth the fitting and use your wagos Post...

Been to a few sites where joining strips end to end and creating over 5 meters has caused the first connection to fail Most shop shelving utilises seperate tapes and each wired back to one unit as you propose. 24v is good choice and seems more reliable, look on uk commercial led sites they...

If you know where them 2 cables go, you MAY be able to make your middle switch 2 way by running a 3 core from that end polnt to a new 2 way switch and repurposing one of those 2 cores as strappers

Without smashing them open, was there actually any important bits within the tall skinny bit

Without seing how the old one was connected then hard to tell. However the module you have purchased is an odd choice nowadays with most lamps available now being led

Not sure where your seing them colours. The light in your pic has Brown switch live connection Blue neutral Green/ yellow earth Your house has It appears One Red switch live Two Black neutrals And some green or g/y earthwires

Is this a flat or council premises, if so it may be a metal box cast into the ceiling structure, the cables would be in metal conduit, if so don't pull them. There's likely one red switch live and two black Neutrals and NO permanent live. The solid green is the earth

are they insulated?

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Most would mount a squarish box adjacent, I prefer plain sided boxes and drill own holes, though most use 3 x 3 threaded wiska 306 boxes but I think there ugly with all the unused outlets. There's also a smaller 206 box Often you can visibly loose them behind the fitting. Both boxes have...

Hi @JohnD I now have a small stash of at least ten of these now, if you still want them let me know

@npaisnel There's a more up to date post on this Thread 'Mains indicator LEDs' https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/mains-indicator-leds.633281/

@theflyingpig From your initial post, it appears you intended to push the join back within the wall. How would that conform. @trojanhawrs I suggested terminating it within the base of the enclosure, which is the way a vast majority of wall mounted fittings are mounted. The fitting becomes the...

It appears ample room if you strip the grey and the white sheathing more

Plate switches always have current ratings and are rated at 6a or 10a and sometimes 20a, ideally they should be rated to the mcb size, but as most domestic lighting circuits are 6 amp then by default any switch is suitable. In past days you derated a switch for certain types of load, but...