Electrical wiring of a light

Good. But you'll now know to make notes when wiring is involved. Saves a lot of time. Unless you're certain what you're doing.

Yup.

Presumably this was all inside the original ceiling rose? That could have been re-used, concealed inside the ceiling void.

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On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 02:59:56 -0700 (PDT) someone who may be B3any wrote this:-

If a suitable length of suitably sized terminal strip

cannot be placed inside the fitting then a junction box is the correct solution.

Junction boxes should be fixed to the building, which can be difficult when replacing fittings and this is often ignored.

If a fitting doesn't have provision for loop-in through wiring then placing terminal strip inside isn't necessarily going to provide a satisfactory solution. In any case the 17th edition regs now effectively ban the practice:

"559.6.2.1 The installation of through wiring in a luminaire is only permitted if the luminaire is designed for such wiring."

And 559.6.2 deals with cable types suitable for though wiring, which may need to have high temperature ratings.

The Chocbox can be very useful here since it has cable clamps. You can also use it to house crimped connections where the junction is going to become inaccessible.