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Back box too full for light switch to go on?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ant19754" data-source="post: 528275" data-attributes="member: 35131"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>Electrician has completely rewired my house from scratch after I gutted it back to brick/ ceilings off etc. At second fix asked him to leave all sockets and switches off so I could paint behind them etc. I then screwed them all on.</p><p></p><p>Came to screw the landing light switch on and the back box is stuffed full with cables and zero room to screw faceplate back. The light switch in question is on the 1st floor landing and is connected to 2 other switches which also turn the stairwell/landing lights on/off - one on the ground other in loft. When I asked him about this issue he said he'll 'push it in and make it work'. Don't think that will work and wouldn't be happy if he did try it as in the past I have witnessed shower switches stuffed full of excess cable burn out and do not want this to happen here or some connections to come loose. </p><p></p><p>Is it a case of asking him to shorten some of the cables as some of them may have excess length? or replacing the the connector blocks with smaller ones?</p><p></p><p>Any advice appreciated. Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ant19754, post: 528275, member: 35131"] Hi all, Electrician has completely rewired my house from scratch after I gutted it back to brick/ ceilings off etc. At second fix asked him to leave all sockets and switches off so I could paint behind them etc. I then screwed them all on. Came to screw the landing light switch on and the back box is stuffed full with cables and zero room to screw faceplate back. The light switch in question is on the 1st floor landing and is connected to 2 other switches which also turn the stairwell/landing lights on/off - one on the ground other in loft. When I asked him about this issue he said he'll 'push it in and make it work'. Don't think that will work and wouldn't be happy if he did try it as in the past I have witnessed shower switches stuffed full of excess cable burn out and do not want this to happen here or some connections to come loose. Is it a case of asking him to shorten some of the cables as some of them may have excess length? or replacing the the connector blocks with smaller ones? Any advice appreciated. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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