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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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    Maybe a quick wire junction box would be thinner, but still has the length issue.

    If you used normal screw terminals would the connections fit inside the light fitting? Wagos are quick, but take up a lot of extra space.

    If not as you say a dry lining box, quite often it's possible to install a light fitting over the top of circular ones. The screw holes line up nicely with the holes in the mounting bracket.

    Or cut a circular hole, install the maintenance free box, put a wooden batten across the inside of the hole, secure with a couple of screws, then use screws to secure the circle of plasterboard and then some filler.

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    Maybe a quick wire junction box would be thinner, but still has the length issue.

    If you used normal screw terminals would the connections fit inside the light fitting? Wagos are quick, but take up a lot of extra space.

    If not as you say a dry lining box, quite often it's possible to install a light fitting over the top of circular ones. The screw holes line up nicely with the holes in the mounting bracket.

    Or cut a circular hole, install the maintenance free box, put a wooden batten across the inside of the hole, secure with a couple of screws, then use screws to secure the circle of plasterboard and then some filler.

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