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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


Z.
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    Farmboy:




    Zoomup:...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...




    Will it thereafter be accessible - a chance a fitted carpet gets laid?


    F


     




    Hello Farmboy,

                                 no carpet will be laid. The floor is bare wooden boards now. If the removable TRAP was to be carpet covered, I would have written on it in pencil ELECTRICAL TRAP. I didn't do that as it would have spoiled the floor's appearance. The owner is aware of the trap.


    Z.

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    AJJewsbury:


    Fitted carpets are easily removed...


    ?... a matter of judgement I guess as to what accessible / inaccessible is - a homeowner who doesn't want their fitted carpet pulled up may disagree with you, and it's existence may get lost in the mist of time, particularly if the owner moves, but perhaps a notice at the CU may suffice.


    F

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    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? ?

     

    Will it thereafter be accessible - a chance a fitted carpet gets laid?



    Fitted carpets are easily removed...


       - Andy.
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    Zoomup:...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...




    Will it thereafter be accessible - a chance a fitted carpet gets laid?


    F

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    Van stock ?

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