Skirting Trunking Back Boxes

[Ric]

Hi there,

I am about to embark on a network cabling job in the office. The current setup has trunking running around the perimeter of the office at floor level. The trunking consists of a top and bottom section for cable and a middle section where the sockets go. I am trying to find out where in the UK I can get the back boxes that I need to fit the faceplates on to.

I can not tell what make the actual trunkning but the existing boxes are made by Thorsman. They work by inserting them in between the top and bottom of the trunkning and then pushing 4 clips (two top, two bottom) out from the box which holds it in place.

Does anyone know of these Throsman boxes and where I could get them from? If not, does anyone know of any other makes of boxes that would be compatible with the same trunking?

Thanks in advance, Richard.

[Lurch]

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 13:04:52 +0100, "Ric" strung together this:

Chances are the trunking's Thorsman, boxes and dado trunking are usually a 'matched' pair, sort of.

Best bet would be contact Thorsman, I've not used their dado trunking so I'm not sure on the extent of their range in that area. You may find that all Thorsman dado trunking boxes are the same, so that makes it simple then.

[Ric]

Thanks for the response! I contacted them and it turns out that they no longer do the trunking range and that it is now done by Mita. I cantacted them and managed to get a part number for what I want (CYB302W) but am now having trouble locating them anywhere! It appears that most people order the whole lot in for large projects and as I am only a small timer who needs about 7 of them no one is interested! If anyone knows of anywhere that might stock them please let me know!

Thanks, Richard.

[stefek.zaba]

From your descriptions it sounds rather as if RS (rswww.com) may be your friend here - they sell a MITA-made 3-compartment dado trunking range, with 2-gang backboxes as their partnum 563-696, and other stuff in the range in their hierarchy as Electrical | Conduit/Trunking | Dado & Skirting Trunking | Cableline Dado & Skirting Trunking

If not there, try

Both will do small orders with card payments; you'll pay premium prices, but if it means you can reuse the existing trunking you're on a winner anyway. May be worth buying a few more bits-n-pieces as spares if you're likely to be working on the room again some time in the foreseeable...

HTH - Stefek

[Lurch]

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 15:04:12 +0100, "Ric" strung together this:

Try Denmans, they do Mita cable management. (I'd put Denmans URL here but IE is shit and it's having a 'moment')!

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Is this what you need? Made by Mita but called mini trunking. If the URL defeats just search for Mita on the RS site.

[Lurch]

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:00:48 +0100, Lurch strung together this:

Actually, so is Denmans site. I've just used a load of Thorsman floor boxes and sockets and all I did was ring CEF and it all turned up, I think ringing round wholesalers might be the easiest solution.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I couldn't find anything of use on it - like say a catalogue.