wagobox electrical junction box - Ultimate Handyman DIY tips

[miketaylor]

SCREWFIX STOCK THEM NOW
and toolstation do another maker's version as well
moved into a house that has some very "creative" wiring - obviously a series of electricians over many years...
Looking into the loft it is a MESS so I will be trying these out
thanks for the video

[IAmThe_RA]

Can one box fit:
One 3-way
Two 5-way
Two 2-way
(Five cables go into one box)
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[laurensawyer]

I found that our 6mm cooker wire is connected using that first box you showed. Should I change it to put in a wago box?

[tomastank]

There are three different types of Wago boxes made by Connexbox. The smallest has no compartments for light fittings. The second has two compartments to house 222 connectors rated at 20A, 773-173 connectors rated at 32A, 773 connectors rated at 20A. The third has three compartments to house 221 connectors only rated at 32A. It pays to read the small print on the boxes and accompanying instructions.

[Silver]

I'm an electrician ....These really are the future . I'm about to embark on changing 27 downlights Yes the intial expenditure will be more than Jb's / connectors with choc boxes . However The cost will be part of the price. It will make my time quicker therefore It will reflect on the Final Price . Any labour saving device will in the long term be cheaper for the client ..The whole system is designed for such a job especially when you use the Solid to Stranded type connectors too . I can only see benefits in using these . There is a way of Wiring House/flat lights where it was called the Joint Box Method . That was taking a Switch line and Feed cable to a joint box terminating at a individual switches in rooms etc and a switchliine and neutral cable to individual lights in rooms etc ...So for example In 1 room with one light there will be 1 cable for the light and one for the switch ....To make things work You do all your relevant connections at the JOINT BOX /s . This was fiddly and time consuming connecting the right feeds and the right switchlines to enable the lights to work . However it is a work practice and means Second fixing the lights/switches in most cases meant 1 cable at each point . I HAD to wire a job like this because I could not get access to the ground floor lights I did everything via the ground floor footings and came up walls where it was chased to bury the lighting cables ....Using these wagos in a accessible box Was a dream will now endeavour to use these wherever i can . They can even replace through crimps if you want to extend cables ....A great bit of kit imo

[stephenbranley]

"...because it's just the right size to be pushed through a downlighter hole"

And with that one sentence, you've answered my question! Thanks!

[justintemp]

Does it matter which sets you lay in the box eg earth and live in one section of box?

[lawndart]

From an Americans perspective your wiring methods are odd. The volume of the junction boxes are small, and why would you need to insulate the ground or "earth" conductor? Do you have a governing body that oversees the construction, and installation of electrical products and wiring devices?

-good video

[Participant]

Problem is you can get a junction box for 63p from Screwfix, but you have to spend a tenner on a pack of 50 Wago connectors and another tenner on ten Wago boxes, so for the typical one-off job by the average DIY'er, junction boxes still make more sense. Most will only ever be used once so you're unlikely to strip the brass threads, unless you tighten them with a power drill or something :p, and let's be honest, junction box screws will never come loose if left alone. 

[lawndart]

Whomever came up with the idea to insulate the ground is making a mint. Voltage has nothing to do with it. We use 480/277 V in commercial installations in metal conduit/ enclosures with no need to insulate the ground.

as for wire nuts they work great, but i prefer wagos for solid wires. It make for a faster instal.

merry Cristmas

[lawndart]

I understand why conductors need to be identified. The ground wire is bare copper in a non metallic cable assembly, the others are insulated, "one of these things is not like the others" (sesame street). Hence no need for aditional permant making.

[henrytwigger]

Not for people on an hourly rate ! We don't want time saving solutions. It means we earn less money ! :D

[lizlizchristian]

Brilliant! I've just drilled through a wire under a floor board! Thanks for the info, you're brilliant. Love your vids.

[chrisdyson]

What if you need to use a 5 slot wago that won’t fit in that junction box

[justintemp]

So would you use this for each Downlighter? Eg cable from Downlighter to wagobox Junction then from wago in wagobox to 2nd Downlighter wagobox with has cable to 2nd light etc? or would you just feed say 3 lights into one wago connector box?

[leslieshirley]

I'm about to replace my lights that is in a flex for flush fittings. This means I will have to replace the ceiling rose for connectors. I was going to rewire the rose in the loft and under the floorboards however I stumbled on your videos on wago connectors. Would I be able to to use the leaver connectors on the lighting system or would I need to use the light connectors?
Brilliant vids by the way.

[scobius]

Hi, I am designing a table lamp enclosure using laser MDF, and inside the enclosure I need to get mains power to 2 x E27 Edison bulbs. I need to split the mains cable entering the enclosure, and 2 of these Wago connectors are ideal for that. Do the connectors need to then be housed inside a Wagobox or is it sufficient to have just the Wago connectors exposed inside the lamp? Cheers, Scott

[frotylopy]

Hi Ultimate handyman, silly question, just want to be sure, could u please tell me whether these wago boxes could be left to sit on top of a ceiling underneath floor boards. They aren't screwed to joists like JBs are they? These seem great, but can't decide whether to get this or an Ashley Hager J803. What do you reckon?

[xxrobsluckyxx]

Great videos, are these suitable to terminate wires from an unused ceiling light rose? I basically want to remove the rose, make safe the wires, push them into the ceiling void and fill in the hole. thanks

[justintemp]

Is there any risk of the cables becoming loose? Given you put the live and neutral together close together in the box, is it a bit of a worry?
Assume the box is fireproof etc