Brick wall lights - SWA cable connections

[Neptune]

For various reasons out of my control, we have wound up in a situation where we have 1.5mm SWA cables buried in these pillars and exiting out of the plastic housing for the wall lights.

There are around 5 of these lights across the 5 pillars. Daisy chained with the 3 core SWA. As you can see, the wall ha snow bene plastered and finished. The house-end of this cable will be glanded into a Wiska box and punched into the house to connect to a Switched FCU.

The plastic housing set in the pillar is only deep enough to take the light!


The back of the plastic box has some screw holes for the light to fix to.

I am at a loss as to how I get these cables connected to the lights given the lack of space and hence, inability to gland these ends. If this were regular T&E it wouldn't have been an issue - from a space and connectivity point at least!

Can I please have some creative suggestions on how I get myself out of a hole. Thanks in advance.

 

[Neptune]

What adaptable box? I'd take the SWA directly to the first fitting.

Where would you situate your glands when there is a recessed light which is around 8cm deep? If you are suggesting behind the light, this is quite deep into the pillar and it would be difficult to work with glands (or squeeze the armoured cable into this space) inside that confined space?

 

[davesparks]

Where would you situate your glands when there is a recessed light which is around 8cm deep? If you are suggesting behind the light, this is quite deep into the pillar and it would be difficult to work with glands (or squeeze the armoured cable into this space) inside that confined space?

Without actually seeing the particular situation it is impossible to day for sure.

I would expect to gland the SWA onto the backbox for the fitting at the first fix stage.

If I had no choice but to joint the SWA onto another cable then I'd look to use a cast resin joint.

 

[Neptune]

Without actually seeing the particular situation it is impossible to day for sure.

I would expect to gland the SWA onto the backbox for the fitting at the first fix stage.

If I had no choice but to joint the SWA onto another cable then I'd look to use a cast resin joint.

Images of the pillar are in my first post and I am struggling to understand what you mean by glanding on to the back box. For a start, it’s flimsy plastic and even if it were metal/sturdy, how does that work? It will be difficult to work with the glands in that confined space and the glands will be inaccessible as the box is plastered in. Is that a good idea?

 

[mattg4321]

Brick lights are trouble imo, end of!

I only fit quality ELV lights in this situation. I’ve yet to find any brick shaped ones. Usually round

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Doesn't matter what you do 12 months down the line half of them probably won't even be functional.

Good advice. Basically @westward10 is saying... Give up and go to the pub.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Nearly a hundred posts on this. Surely some kind of record?