Hi,
I need to move a couple light switches and plugs in a bedroom as I am putting up a partition wall to split it into two rooms.
Obviously there are many ways to join new lengths of wire to the existing to make them reach their new location... But what is the legal (building regs) and safe way of doing this?
Tom
Crimps.
Or possibly twist solder and heatshrink.
Anything with screws has to be accessible. Blah Blah.
However lots of people use a bakelite connectoir block thing - junction box- and lose it where the BCO can't see it.
Chocolate block is probably a nono, although if well taped up its actually pretty safe.
For joints in places where they will be accessible then a junction box is fine. For a concealed joint (say one you will plaster over) you need to use another method. Of those allowed crimping is the usual option chosen:
"Thomarse" wrote
Best way - strip out to source and replace with longer unbroken/unjointed cable. Failing that, crimps/junction box as others have advised. If using new cable for either case, don't forget warning sticker on consumer unit about differing colours in use.
Phil
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