A new outside light has a built-in cable about half a metre long which necessitates an outdoor junction box (the wire cannot be threaded through the wall). Can anyone please recommend a simple product?
Wiska boxes seem simple to use compared to Screwfix’s which need extra accessories, but all the options seem to be a rather unsightly 3-inch-square box. Unless there’s a smaller, neater product to connect two wires together, I’d appreciate anyone’s experience of a simple-to-use outdoor junction box.
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Outdoor junction box
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Re: Outdoor junction box
My only personal experience has been with the chunky three inch square boxes - but then, I was connecting an armoured cable to the lamp at the time, and besides, I wanted the connection to be switched. There are some smaller waterproof ones at https://www.manomano.co.uk/cat/outdoor+junction+box which look more like the sort of thing you're after.
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Re: Outdoor junction box
A Wiska box is a very cheap and easy to install solution.
If you want something smaller/neater there are inline IP rated connectors commonly used for pond pumps and the like, like screwfix product 92911
https://www.screwfix.com/p/92911
Search for "IP68 connector" and you'll find loads of options. Note IP68 is suitable for immersion in a pond, so should stay watertight
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If you want something smaller/neater there are inline IP rated connectors commonly used for pond pumps and the like, like screwfix product 92911
https://www.screwfix.com/p/92911
Search for "IP68 connector" and you'll find loads of options. Note IP68 is suitable for immersion in a pond, so should stay watertight
Paul
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Re: Outdoor junction box
Thanks. I think the pond pump connectors look a bit ‘unconventional’ to be mounted on a wall, so it’ll probably have to be a box. I’ve just spent a long time reading screwfix reviews and questions about glands not fitting knockouts so I’m just looking for a simple-to-use single product.
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Re: Outdoor junction box
Wiska boxes are the standard, but they do do smaller ones, which can often be attached to the wall directly behind the light fitting to make them less conspicuous. C.MyNameIsUrl wrote:...I’d appreciate anyone’s experience of a simple-to-use outdoor junction box.
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MyNameIsUrl wrote:I’ve just spent a long time reading screwfix reviews and questions about glands not fitting knockouts so I’m just looking for a simple-to-use single product.
I've never had problems with glands not fitting knockouts, but good ones aren't exactly expensive: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Armoured-Suita ... B08DJ8WG5N . Visual overkill, possibly, though.
Maybe it would be simpler just to replace the short cable to the lamp with a longer one that will simply run through the wall? I'd put money on it that your half-metre cable runs to an old-fashioned connector block inside the lamp - and yeah, a small one at that.
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Re: Outdoor junction box
The ones with their own cable are notoriously difficult to get into. Some models come without a cable but with a compression gland and miniscule cylindrical junction piece. I think I'd still put a small Wiska box up there though. It would make life easier if you ever need to change the fitting or introduce a PIR or additional lights. Just stick it as close behind the light fitting as you can get it, no-one looks up there anyway. C.
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Re: Outdoor junction box
The A-Box junction boxes are pretty neat: https://www.toolstation.com/moulded-pvc-box-ip65/p12060
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Re: Outdoor junction box
tacpot12 wrote:The A-Box junction boxes are pretty neat: https://www.toolstation.com/moulded-pvc-box-ip65/p12060
Doesn’t that still need cable glands?
This one comes with them.
https://www.toolstation.com/junction-bo ... lsrc=aw.ds
I’ve used numerous on an outdoor railway. Very reliable.
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