Never done it in a JB but done a few switches that needed two 6 ways!You obviously aren't adventurous with lightingI've done 2 lighting JBs with Wagos, and both needed 8ways for the earths.
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Indeed - and, even if you ever did, you could always improvise. I've been known to link two 5-ways, leaving 8 usable ways (as Simon has said, usually for CPCs).
Kind Regards, John
And the perfectionist in me is shouting "noooooooooooooooooooooo"
I was "not really happy" with this one, I was almost tempted to redo it properly 
That's obviously your call. However, teh way I see it, there are potentially so many 'joints' in the CPC of the average lighting or sockets circuit, that to have a couple extra to link two connector blocks is really neither here nor there (other than to a perfectionistAnd the perfectionist in me is shouting "noooooooooooooooooooooo"
).Kind Regards, John
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That was what I meant, linking two 6 ways to make 10 usable ways. Not ideal but I usually put a feed in one and a feed in the other so, like you say, it's essentially just another joint in the circuit.
Yea that brown is about 10mm too longAnd the perfectionist in me is shouting "noooooooooooooooooooooo"
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That was my thought too.
Is that it?Yea that brown is about 10mm too long
Maybe we should have a competition to see how many utterly pointless picky observations we can make
I can do 3, or 4, some with multiple instances.
None of which I have ever done myself
Particularly with CPCs, it can often be difficult to decide which is the 'feed'.
However, when such a feed can be identified, my usual approach has been to take it, unbroken into both of two, say, 5-way connectors, thereby actually achieving a total of 9 usable ways - and maybe that's what you mean by what you say above.
Kind Regards, John
Why do you think they make jumper bars for terminals?
As is the frontmost yellow, and a few are a smidgen short, and the connectors aren't all lined up. And aesthetically speaking, I don't like the way that brown (sleeved over blue) is much larger than the rest - I now have twin brown T&E.
In my defence, it was my first time using Wagos like that - and it is a darn sight neater and maintainable than using a round 6 terminal JB.
But it's still joining two blocks together when one block of the right size can be used.
Yes it is, using jumpers made by the connector maker for just that purpose.
Just like every maker produces jumper bars for his terminals.
This is because there is absolutely nothing wrong with doing it.
Cheap Chinese knock-offs.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=SUYEP&rh=i:aps,k:SUYEP
What could go wrong?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=SUYEP&rh=i:aps,k:SUYEP
What could go wrong?
A conductor might fall out?
However, as always, for all we know that might be even better than Wagos - tarring brushes do not always get it right!
Kind Regards, John
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