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Hiding Wagos in ceiling void

Stephen Hill

I have a light fitting in a loft room - it is a set of positionable G9 lights located in the ridge, and I have discovered a mess of choc-block shoved into the ceiling void, so want to fix this.  The cables terminating at that light fitting are: incoming power, outgoing power to other lights, and the cable to the wall switch.  Unfortunately there isn't enough room above the plasterboard to fit a Wago box, and there isn't enough space in the light itself to fit the connectors, so I'm looking for ideas for how to do this as a neat job?  Would it be acceptable to put a dry lining box into the ceiling with plastic blank plate to house some Wago connectors, and screw the light fitting to the blank plate?

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    Terminals, whether wagos or conventional choc blocks should be enclosed (building materials can form part of that enclosure provided they have the necessary fireproof qualities (plaster or masonry OK, timber definitely not). I reckon a dry lining box and a lid makes an acceptable enclosure in principle - whether the aesthetics and practicalities work for you is another matter (I've had problems in the past where the blank plate screws are obstructed by the fitting, while fixing the fitting to the blank plate needs access to the back of the plate ... and ended up with self clinching nuts, which is bit "unusual").

       - Andy.

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    Terminals, whether wagos or conventional choc blocks should be enclosed (building materials can form part of that enclosure provided they have the necessary fireproof qualities (plaster or masonry OK, timber definitely not). I reckon a dry lining box and a lid makes an acceptable enclosure in principle - whether the aesthetics and practicalities work for you is another matter (I've had problems in the past where the blank plate screws are obstructed by the fitting, while fixing the fitting to the blank plate needs access to the back of the plate ... and ended up with self clinching nuts, which is bit "unusual").

       - Andy.

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