> On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 13:39:06 GMT,
.....shb7KILLspam
@spam@netzero.net wrote:
> > Howard Winter <
HDRW
KILLspamH2Org.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > > Did you know they habitually join wires by twist-and-cap?
> > > I thought it was a bodge until I saw the stuff they sell
> > > at Home Depot - it seems to be the accepted practice! :-#
> >
> > What is the accepted practice in the UK?
>
> Screw terminals, preferably in the accessories themselves (switches,
> sockets, ceiling roses) which are generally designed to take at least
> three of the appropriate sized wire, or if that's not possible in
> connecting blocks ("chocolate blocks") or junction boxes like this:
>
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Images/Products/size_3/BG603.JPG but these
> have to be "accessible", and there's much discussion of the
> interpretation of that! If a join isn't going to be accessible
> (eg. extending a cable to move a socket, and then plastering over the
> join) then it has to be crimped, which is regarded as a permanent join so
> doesn't need to be inspected once it's been made and tested.
>
> I believe twisted joins were disallowed in the regulations some time in
> the 1970s.