Fixing a wall light

That's what's normally done.

I have used flush mounting back boxes which are BESA-box size, and the mounting screws at 2" apart match many wall light fixing holes.

I bought a load from CPC many years ago, but I can't quickly find anyone who sells them anymore. You could use a real BESA box, but it would disturb plasterwork which is probably beyond that covered by the light wall plate.

Thanks Andrew I will go ahead with that. I too considered a Besa box but ha ve not seen them around. The light fittings do not have fixing holes that m atch any back box so its going to be hollow out a small section of plaster for the terminal strip and extend the wires through the hole into the light fitting.

Richard

f the plaster and is terminated with a terminal strip which is housed withi n the hollow of the old wall lights wall fixing. The problem is that the am ount of wire sticking out of the wall is insufficient to connect to the new wall light and needs extending a few centimetres.

Crimps and heatshrink.

If a BESA (circular) box isn't suitable, some styles of light will fit over an architrave box.

Owain