As I just wrote, push it's cable through a hole in the wall and then connect it to the supply with connector block/Wagos/switch in a backbox (with blank plate or switch) on the other side of the wall.
Kind Regards, John
Thin JB/backbox behind bathroom cabinet?
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Kind Regards, John
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That won't be an option in most places.
No-one said that it was, but it clearly is an option for the OP, which is what we are talking about. As you imply, others may have to struggle a bit.
Depending on the height of the cabinet, a common method would probably be to make the connections (after the cabinet had been installed) above the cabinet ('out of sight').
Kind Regards, John
Only because that is where the conversation has led and the obvious possibly overlooked.
The OP said he would - but I cannot imagine that is what the cabinet designers had in mind, so how would it normally be done?
Exactly.
Depending on how the cabinet is made, it may be possible to fit to the wall but leave a gap at the top where the two cables may be connected and then 'tucked in'.
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Quite so - so I would imagine that is probably what the cabinet designers had in mind (I wonder if the instructions say so?). It's really no different from any other 'above-/inside-furniture' lighting (part from the complication of the tiling).
One doesn't necessarily have to tuck the connected cables behind it the cabinet/whatever - as I said, provided the cabinet/whatever is high enough up for it to be out of sight, one can have a JB or accessory on top of (or just 'above') the cabinet/whatever.
Kind Regards, John
The usual method for installing such things is to have a flush backbox in the wall behind the cabinet with the wiring (which should have both permanent line and switched line available), the short flex on the cabinet is long enough to reach that box and will fit in the gap between the cabinet back and wall, the actual connections are made in the backbox with screw terminals, Wagos or whatever else is desired.
A flat blank plate with a small hole for the flex can be fitted over the box if desired, but not essential as it's behind the cabinet anyway.
As for supporting it while making the connections - either rest it on the basin / cupboard below, or if that hasn't been installed yet, a suitably placed stepladder or similar will do.
A flat blank plate with a small hole for the flex can be fitted over the box if desired, but not essential as it's behind the cabinet anyway.
As for supporting it while making the connections - either rest it on the basin / cupboard below, or if that hasn't been installed yet, a suitably placed stepladder or similar will do.
Switched by what? Are you perhaps assuming that the OP wants the cabinet lights to come on with the room lights?
Kind Regards, John
Bathroom cabinet wiring should contain a permanent line, and another which is switched with the room lights.
Not all cabinets / illuminated mirrors have a switch on them.
Not all cabinets / illuminated mirrors have a switch on them.
Thats how I fitted a bathroom cabinet the other year. Put a backbox on the other side of a stud wall with run of conduit through to bathroom. Could just push the annoyingly short pre fitted wire through conduit easily when hanging cupboard, then connect it up easily later in the other room.
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The OP now has a beard ! , FFS mountains molehills........
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