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Anyone know any good maintenance free junction boxes I can use to connect wires, theres 3 neutrals, 2 lives, 4 earths, so there's 4 wires coming into the jb 3 of them are 1mm and the other 1.5mm. So I need a JB that can fit all the wires, or should I just leave this one connected as the saying goes if it aint broke don't fix it.

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Anyone know any good maintenance free junction boxes I can use to connect wires, theres 3 neutrals, 2 lives, 4 earths, so there's 4 wires coming into the jb 3 of them are 1mm and the other 1.5mm. So I need a JB that can fit all the wires, or should I just leave this one connected as the saying goes if it aint broke don't fix it.

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That does look broke
 
That does look broke
Wired it all up correctly and its working but i rather get a secure connection since i have time before the plasterboards fo on, wondering what jb is good since i have 4 cables? Also if theres 4 earths doesnt the jbs have 3 slots usually
 
Xd No theyre not connected here anyway i connected them all up correctly and it was working,

So why post a photo from before when you connected it correctly?

but since i have time what jb shud i get and use instead
Nothing wrong with that one if it's been connected correctly.

i.e. earths sleeved, cables clipped, no unsheathed ones outside, box screwed down, lid put back.
 
Definitely check out the wiring, what it feeds, sleeping the earths and maintaining continuity.
 
I’d venture to suggest if that is a sample of your wiring then I’d get it looked at before you doing anything else
 
So why post a photo from before when you connected it correctly?


Nothing wrong with that one if it's been connected correctly.

i.e. earths sleeved, cables clipped, no unsheathed ones outside, box screwed down, lid put back.
So why post a photo from before when you connected it correctly?
I posted it on another forum at that time thought i'd get a quicker response cause I wanted an answer before I started to work on it also if i should even wire it up or just leave it and o get a jb since it looked like all of them wouldn't fit but I just went back wired it up and put it back up.
 
I’d venture to suggest if that is a sample of your wiring then I’d get it looked at before you doing anything else
not my wiring as I said i can go take a pic of the newly connected ones if ur that desperate but rather not its too hot :] won't be able to rewire the whole lot either since it's only this room thats being replastered
 
not my wiring as I said i can go take a pic of the newly connected ones if ur that desperate but rather not its too hot :] won't be able to rewire the whole lot either since it's only this room thats being replastered

When I said “your” I meant your homes wiring.
 
So why post a photo from before when you connected it correctly?


Nothing wrong with that one if it's been connected correctly.

i.e. earths sleeved, cables clipped, no unsheathed ones outside, box screwed down, lid put back.
Even connected correctly its not maintenance free so not suitable to be plasterboarded over
 
hagar J804 is a good box it has 4 cable entries with clamp restraints and 16 terminals better than wagos, 4 for each L N and E
 

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