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5A Junction box

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Are 5amp junction boxes acceptable on a 6amp lighting circuit?

I personally wouldn’t use them as they are too small, but if they are already fitted are they acceptable? 

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    Around here, for many years, folk would pick either “5A ” or “30A” junction boxes for either lighting or power. Very often the “5A” ones were actually 20A ones anyway.

    When the MCB became more common than the fuse in consumer units they were 5A and 30A then after a while became 6A & 32A . Nobody asked for or expected 6A and 32A junction boxes

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    Around here, for many years, folk would pick either “5A ” or “30A” junction boxes for either lighting or power. Very often the “5A” ones were actually 20A ones anyway.

    When the MCB became more common than the fuse in consumer units they were 5A and 30A then after a while became 6A & 32A . Nobody asked for or expected 6A and 32A junction boxes

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