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I'm in the middle of installing a new kitchen and I'm looking for some help in choosing the correct junction box* to join a cable going to a plug socket and also to a cooker. (* but the type that sticks onto the front of a knockout box as opposed to the ones that stick out)

I discovered that the cable for the plug socket under the sink was loosely buried behind the tiles in a diagonal line across the wall where it disappears into the cavity!

I've now run it in cable tidy horizontally along the bottom of the wall, into a square knockout box and then vertically up to where it disappears (sunk into the wall in oval conduit). I'd like to know what front plate I need to buy to connect the cable as there appear to be a few and I don't know if there are different ones for different cable widths or appliances etc. etc.

I've also chased the cooker cable into the wall in the same manner and put a sunken switch in. I don't want the cable to just stick out of the wall in case it gets pulled so it runs from the switch vertically down in the conduit to another knockout box. Again, I don't really know what I need but I was hoping there was some white plate I could stick each end of the cable into and pop it on the front.

Both knockout boxes are the deep square ones (excuse my non-technical terms!)

I could do with going to an electrical supply place but I'm stuck with Wickes/homebase/online ordering just now as everywhere else is closed after work so any ukc help much appreciated.

Ben

P.S. "get an electrician" shaped advice not massively welcome

In reply to Sharp:

Get an electrican / part p notifiable / you don't know what you don't know etc / it needs testing

For the cooker : screwfix 16686
For the junction / socket : use some decent terminals and a blank cover plate if I understand the situation correctly.

Steve

In reply to Sharp: Two of these would do. A bit OTT for the socket, ideal for the cooker.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/crabtree-45a-cooker-connection-unit/47806

Cheers guys, they both look ideal. I hadn't thought about a blanking plate and terminals for the socket but that sounds perfect. Perhaps the reason why I had trouble finding a proper junction box.

I think the legislation re. concealing cable, wall thickness/cable depth etc.seems pretty straight forward and that's the only thing I'm changing so I'm not too concerned about getting an electrician in.

Thanks

In reply to Sharp:


if they are protected by an RCD the thickness doesn't really matter.

In reply to higherclimbingwales:

There is an RCD yeah but from what I gather the specifications are also to avoid compromising the structure of the wall by cutting too deep.

In reply to Sharp: Yeah, that's what I was getting at. You don't need to have them set at a minimum depth if they are protected by an rcd, just deep enough to re-tile/skim.