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Down-lights have been installed without using strain relief or MF JB's for years without problems surely.
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Down-lights have been installed without using strain relief or MF JB's for years without problems surely.
It's more the juggling around and moving things around when the boxes are pushed up into the ceiling though. Daz
It's more the juggling around and moving things around when the boxes are pushed up into the ceiling though. Daz
ok, so what about the terminal block on top of the down light. Is that classed as inaccessible.
or If they have a transformer. Both of these would have the same problem as you described with the jb.
Jay
So have lots of things, doesn't make it right though. And don't have to be MF when accessible, but still should have strain relief.
The IEE Wiring Regulations state that terminals shall not be subject to undue stress,
i.e. taking weight of cables or fittings.
Currently a high proportion of Junction Boxes are installed behind Downlighters or
decorative light fittings, where moving the Junction Box in to position after wiring
could cause stress on the terminations.
Quite often, people just used to use the 'normal' brown jbs and leave them dangling under floorboard and god-knows where
Always screwed mine down to the joist, Dave tight as good as any MF jb.
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