Why prices for different colour junction box

[suffolkspark]

Have a trawl through that section of the regs sham, there are several solutions out there, eg if you dont like wagos you can use hager jbs.

 

[westward10]

Circular junction boxes are not and never have been deemed acceptable as a luminaire coupler.

 

[sham]

Have a trawl through that section of the regs sham, there are several solutions out there, eg if you dont like wagos you can use hager jbs.

Thank you, will do that.

 

[sham]

Thank you all, for taking your time out to help me. Even though that was not my original question, but glad the conversation turned this way, been very informative.

 

[Octopus]

You need to buy and carry with you some Hager j803 and j804

 

[Andy78]

You need to buy and carry with you some Hager j803 and j804

Great bits of kit. I'll add to that Wagoboxes and Wagobox light plus connectors, and a fistful of Click flow or similar never goes amiss.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

I don't feel yet, wago has been around long enough for me to trust them.

Wagos have been around for decades. I used to come back from Germany with my suitcase full of them before they were on sale here. Also the continental style boxes, which I much prefer to the British Wagobox but are not certified MF because you have to provide your own glands if required.

 

[SparkyChick]

The answer to your original question may be pigmentation. A lot of plastics are clear/white in the natural state, with other colours requiring pigment. Some of the additional cost could be due to pigments used to make the boxes black.

Anyway I went down it's lighting cables near a spot, so it is assesible. Put them in wago connections and Chuck box, so it can be pulled through the spot hole.
If it was not accessible I would prefer to use junction box. I don't feel yet, wago has been around long enough for me to trust them.

Just a point... in my opinion, it's only accessible if you know it's there, so if you can't see it when the job is finished I would consider it inaccessible. For anything else go for a maintenance free option like a Wagobox or the Hager boxes that have already been mentioned.

 

[Octopus]

Just a point... in my opinion, it's only accessible if you know it's there, so if you can't see it when the job is finished I would consider it inaccessible. For anything else go for a maintenance free option like a Wagobox or the Hager boxes that have already been mentioned.

hit, nail and head spring to mind

 

[pirate]

I agree with sparkychick, it's the pigmentation sometimes. Years ago black cable-ties were quite noticeably dearer than the "natural" ones, and some still are, albeit a quick glance at a few suppliers show very little difference now, if any. Indeed, screwfix are listing 55 x 9mm packs of 100 at £1 more for the natural ones...
but I expect demand drives the prices more, nowadays.