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60 Amp Junction Box.

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Mornin' All,

                      I came upon a burnt out terminal on a Crabtree ceiling 50 Amp. shower cord switch yesterday. The cables had become so hot after 3 years of use that the line P.V.C. had completely fallen off the conductor and had left a horrible black smelly sticky mess.


I had to replace the shower cord switch, but the damaged cable was then too short after removing the softened copper and damaged insulation.


So I had to make a trap in the room upstairs, which turned out to be wooden boards over other wooden boards to access the cable below with a view to lengthening one cable. I used a new 60 Amp junction box as it allows two large conductors to overlap and be secured by 4 screws. It is solid and of good quality.


It is this item.....

https://www.toolstation.com/60a-junction-box/p98775?store=N2&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIufLP1ZD25gIVybTtCh2YWAeiEAQYASABEgJZkvD_BwE


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    AJJewsbury:




    The cables had become so hot after 3 years of use that the line P.V.C. had completely fallen off the conductor and had left a horrible black smelly sticky mess.



    Fortunate then that the protective enclosure wasn't completed by an unearthed metal plate then.

     

     




    There is a world of difference in a 40 Amp. shower load and a lighting load of a few L.E.D. lamps Andy, as well you know. The possible heating effects are totally different. You are cross threaded. There is no way that the lighting cables could contact the metal light switch plate insulted or uninsulated due to physical separation.


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    AJJewsbury:




    The cables had become so hot after 3 years of use that the line P.V.C. had completely fallen off the conductor and had left a horrible black smelly sticky mess.



    Fortunate then that the protective enclosure wasn't completed by an unearthed metal plate then.

     

     




    There is a world of difference in a 40 Amp. shower load and a lighting load of a few L.E.D. lamps Andy, as well you know. The possible heating effects are totally different. You are cross threaded. There is no way that the lighting cables could contact the metal light switch plate insulted or uninsulated due to physical separation.


    Z.

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