Choc boxes in the back of sockets

[waitees]

Got called to a job yesterday to check 8 double sockets in a bedroom that had been installed by a bloke he knows a couple of months ago. As the room is going to be used for work and is going to have a couple of people working in there he wanted to make sure its safe.

To cut a long story short the fella has extended the ring to these 8 sockets however he has used choc boxes in two of the sockets to extend the cable.

Question is, is this aloud ? if not what would be the solution to extend the cable, when the floors are solid wood ! does not look pretty would be best to crimp ?

Any ideas ??

 

[barx]

In this situation i would normally crimp, but as the terminals are accessible, I cant see anything wrong with it.

 

[chris gray]

so long as the terminal blocks are rated then i see no problem.
however we do through crimp in such circumstances

 

[SirKit Breaker]

I would either crimp or use Helacon connectors. Sometimes connector block is a bit bulky to get into the back box. But i also agree now't wrong with it.

 

[acat]

IMO crimping


Chris

 

[timo]

Wago Connectors Love um

 

[AndrewMgan1976]

Trusty crimping tool would be out for me!

 

[Hawk81]

I agree with the lads as long as the connectors that are there are properly rated then there is nothing actually wrong. Wouldn't do it that way myself. I would crimp them or use the wagos.

 

[Voltimax]

With solid cores I wouldn't crimp personally. I've seen too many that have been slightly loose and have got hot. Stranded no problem, but solid? Not for me. Provided there is plenty of room I see no problem with choc blocks.

 

[Dannyg83]

Agree with voltimax i was always told to only crimp stranded cables

 

[sythai]

Wago... is the way to go

 

[waitees]

had a look a wago connectors which look a good idea. Question is looking at 3 core connector so would this be suitable to use to connect live neutral and cpc or would i have to buy three seperate singles. looking on a few websites and it looks like you can only connect three of the same wires rather than 3 different types. ijside the connector does it seperate the cables or are they all connected in side ?

 

[sythai]

yep you would need 3 seperate blocks

 

[chris gray]

theyre basically a small jb/choc block

 

[Mark42]

Personally: crimp - solder - shrink-fit.

Anything to save space!

Agree crimping alone on single solid core can be iffy.

 

[sparks1234]

No problem with a connector block as long as you have the room available, its probably less likely to fail than a through crimp.

 

[f1ngerz]

my gaffer told me we got pulled on having chock block in the back of a switch box by the NIC inspection and that it must be a sealed connection i.e wago or crimp etc.

 

[Voltimax]

I can see why they would say that actually, but I still wouldn't use crimps on solids. Wagos I wouldn't have a problem with though.

 

[JUD]

Got called to a job yesterday to check 8 double sockets in a bedroom that had been installed by a bloke he knows a couple of months ago. As the room is going to be used for work and is going to have a couple of people working in there he wanted to make sure its safe.

To cut a long story short the fella has extended the ring to these 8 sockets however he has used choc boxes in two of the sockets to extend the cable.

Question is, is this aloud ? if not what would be the solution to extend the cable, when the floors are solid wood ! does not look pretty would be best to crimp ?

Any ideas ??

How do you get one of these.......

http://www.NoLinkingToThis/sfd/i/cat/10/p1989710_x.jpg

........in the back of a socket.