Provision for Cooker - Junction Box

[TheScullster]

Hi all

I have searched and googled but I'm struggling to find a serious junction box for my cooker cable. A single 6mm feed from the CU enters the kitchen loft on one side. I would like to split the feed in the loft and take a drop down the wall to a cooker point to feed an oven. A second run will go across the loft and down the far wall to feed the hob.

On the oven side (to cover all eventualities) I intend to feed a cooker point with an integral socket, then take the switched oven supply to a single fused spur via 6mm cable. At the moment, SWMBO wants a single oven which are usually either plug-in or hard wired to fused spur (so those options are covered). If she changes tack and wants a double oven I can replace fused spur with cable outlet and run 6mm from there to oven.

I don't fancy my chances at looping in and out of a cooker point. So, to provide feeds to the 2 locations I am looking for a serious junction box capable of easily taking 3-No 6mm cables. I have seen 45/60A JBs for extending large cables with 2 grubscrew clamps for each conductor, but can't find a suitably impressive 3 cable version. Has anyone got a source for such a thing?

[ARWadsworth]

The 60A junction boxes are just what you need. There is more than enough space in them to take two 6mm cables at one end.

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Adam

[John Rumm]

Try:

[TheScullster]

"John Rumm" wrote

Thanks Adam and John

I didn't appreciate that the cable entries on this type of JB would accept more than one cable.

Phil

[TheScullster]

On the subject of cooker points, do I need a deeper back box to accommodate the 6mm cable? I am using 35mm for 2.5mm cable socket boxes

Thanks again

Phil

[js.b1]

47mm is effectively mandatory due to the design of cooker cord outlets. 35mm for 2.5mm skt is fine, consider 25mm or 35mm for light re Grid & Dimmers.

[ARWadsworth]

I would not have a problem with 35mm deep back boxes for a 6mm supply.

Cheers

Adam

[John Rumm]

When the wires get thick and stiff, its easier if the terminals are mostly inline, rather than needing to do a 90 degree bend in the box from a side entrance.