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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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    If the light fitting is over the top of the dry lining box the fitting acts as a cover to the connections, it is no different to the normal connections behind any fixed light fitting. They are accessible when the fitting is removed from the ceiling but not when it is on the ceiling. This is presuming the light fitting completely covers the dry lining box and you have enough ceiling space to fix the light to the ceiling. There is no need to fit a blank plate.      Gary

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    If the light fitting is over the top of the dry lining box the fitting acts as a cover to the connections, it is no different to the normal connections behind any fixed light fitting. They are accessible when the fitting is removed from the ceiling but not when it is on the ceiling. This is presuming the light fitting completely covers the dry lining box and you have enough ceiling space to fix the light to the ceiling. There is no need to fit a blank plate.      Gary

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