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<blockquote data-quote="Ollie78" data-source="post: 553313" data-attributes="member: 37794"><p>Hi</p><p></p><p>I have an issue with wires coming from the consumer unit and going upstairs being too short to effectively put into trunking or anything.</p><p>The consumer unit is under our stairs and the wires go into the ceiling/floor cavity at the top of the stairs.</p><p>We had a new consumer unit put in and re wired all the downstairs sockets when we moved in and did a bunch of work but now I want to build a nice under stairs cupboard and the wires are just not long enough to tidy up nicely, I put them in a temporary trunking as far as I can but there is a good bit dangling at the top. These wires were inside a sort of void above the original under stairs cupboard.</p><p></p><p>I realise that ideally these should be re-wired "properly" but I do not want to take all the floor up etc.</p><p>Can I use wago junction boxes and 221 connectors to extend these wires ? I am thinking of a junction box just above the consumer unit and another at the top where they currently go through the ceiling, new wire between them.</p><p>I was impressed with the wagos when I re did all our upstairs lights to leds.</p><p></p><p>Ollie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ollie78, post: 553313, member: 37794"] Hi I have an issue with wires coming from the consumer unit and going upstairs being too short to effectively put into trunking or anything. The consumer unit is under our stairs and the wires go into the ceiling/floor cavity at the top of the stairs. We had a new consumer unit put in and re wired all the downstairs sockets when we moved in and did a bunch of work but now I want to build a nice under stairs cupboard and the wires are just not long enough to tidy up nicely, I put them in a temporary trunking as far as I can but there is a good bit dangling at the top. These wires were inside a sort of void above the original under stairs cupboard. I realise that ideally these should be re-wired "properly" but I do not want to take all the floor up etc. Can I use wago junction boxes and 221 connectors to extend these wires ? I am thinking of a junction box just above the consumer unit and another at the top where they currently go through the ceiling, new wire between them. I was impressed with the wagos when I re did all our upstairs lights to leds. Ollie [/QUOTE]
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