Small flex outlet

[stillp]

A rhetorical question :-
what is the 'unacceptable' difference between a knot and a cable clamp that squeezes a cable flat, generally with 1 or 2 pressure ridges to boot.

Or even the sort that forces a plastic grub screw into the cable.

 

[stillp]

Something like this, and a small plate with a suitable hole in it? http://www.essentracomponents.com/e...s-cleats/cable-clamps/cable-clamps-mains-lead

 

[333rocky333]

One of these in a architrave blank plate, or any box or maybe the aerial socket housing you posted held in with a 10mm nut, also in other colours including white

https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/?iid=29164...1&device=c&campaignid=805661516&crdt=0&chn=ps

 

[OwainDIYer]

A cable clamp should deform the outer sheath but not the conductors. A knot deforms the conductors.

 

[333rocky333]

all cables have a minimum bending radii so would depend how tight the knot is a better thing may be one of them plastic two hole things you thread the cable through, like you get for pendant lights.

 

[FrodoOne]

Does anyone know of a miniature flex outlet? It's to fix into a plasterboard wall.

There are these things:

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But they don't have a cable clamp, and don't fix very securely to the wall. I'm imagining something a bit like those surface-mount TV aerial sockets:

but a (thin) flex outlet, rather than a socket.

Or something "architrave" size.

Any ideas?

I was wondering if some other country uses something smaller than our normal back box size that I could repurpose.

If you look at http://updates.clipsal.com/ClipsalOnline/Files/Brochures/A0000108.pdf, on Page 31 you will find several Cable Connection Accessories, one of which may suit your purpose.
Item 38HD is normally used for 2.5 sqmm Ordinary Duty (3 conductor) Flexible Cord - with a clamp. (http://www.clipsal.com/Trade/Products/ProductDetail?catno=38HD)
Items 38, 38A and 38X are Grommets (without clamps), used with 2.5, 1.5 and 1 sqmm Flex - respectively (http://www.clipsal.com/Trade/Products/ProductDetail?catno=38)

These items seem not to be sold in the UK but would fit the switch plate used for Clipsal E31/2SA (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLIPSAL-S...962872497?clk_rvr_id=1208734060229&rmvSB=true).

They also fit Architrave Wall Plates as used for items such as these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Caravan-M...836126529?clk_rvr_id=1208777209060&rmvSB=true (http://www.clipsal.com/Trade/Products/ProductDetail?catno=31),
standard Clipsal Australian Wall Plates (which are of the same dimensions as US Wall Plates) (http://www.clipsal.com/Trade/Products/ProductDetail?catno=31VH) and
Clipsal (Australian) 2000 Wall Plates (http://www.clipsal.com/Trade/Products/Catalogue/Switches-2000-Series?c=1&ms=1&mg=312) (2031VH or 2031), which look better, having no visible screws.

Standard size Australian wall plates can mount in stud/plaster-board walls using Clip 154 (shown on page 18 of http://updates.clipsal.com/ClipsalOnline/Files/Brochures/A0000143.pdf) and wall boxes available for masonry walls are also shown in this catalog.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

The wire is a small flex related to the heating system

What voltage?

How many cores?

Why are you limited for space on the wall?

Could you use a small socket?

 

[FrodoOne]

Could you use a small socket?

7 mm DIN connectors range from 3 to 9 connections. http://www.canford.co.uk/REAN-DIN-CONNECTORS-Cable-and-panel-types

If the mounting lugs are removed, the sockets can be fitted quite nicely and and glued with epoxy into a 7 mm hole in the 30P blanking plates made for the Clipsal sockets which I mentioned above. http://www.clipsal.com/Trade/Products/ProductDetail?catno=30P

 

[ericmark]

There are a few places where you can still get the old electric clock power points, today tend to be expensive, the outlet is Class II only and fused, they came with both standard back boxes and special small ones.

at £16.80 I would say expensive.
Ups sorry they do have an earth.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Until we know what the voltage is, how many cores there are, and what the size constraints are, I don't see what more can be done in suggesting solutions.

 

[FrodoOne]

Way back a # 9 it was posted that

The wire is a small flex related to the heating system; the wall is plasterboard that will eventually be painted.

From that it is (probably) safe to assume that the voltages concerned are ELV.

Until we know what the voltage is, how many cores there are, and what the size constraints are, I don't see what more can be done in suggesting solutions.

I must wonder why endecotp has not posted since last Friday 28-4-2017 (when he posted "The wire is a small flex related to the heating system; the wall is plasterboard that will eventually be painted.", since there are those who are still valiantly attempting to answer the questions which were posted!

 

[bernardgreen]

Would this be suitable after ( destructively ) removing the coaxial connector

http://s7g3.scene7.com/is/image//ae235?src=ae235/17767_P&$prodImageMedium$
http://www.screwfix.com/p/mk-1-gang-tv-fm-coaxial-socket-white/17767

 

[endecotp]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I've had company over the weekend and looked only briefly at the links that you posted, but I'll check them properly soon - at least, once the "this link is not visible to you" bug, if that is what it is, has been resolved.

Using a standard-sized flex outlet is not the end of the world, it will just look a bit big; I just thought "I bet I'm not the first person to want one of these".

 

[endecotp]

From that it is (probably) safe to assume that the voltages concerned are ELV.

No, it's 240V, like most central heating valves etc.

 

[John D v2.0]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I've had company over the weekend and looked only briefly at the links that you posted, but I'll check them properly soon - at least, once the "this link is not visible to you" bug, if that is what it is, has been resolved.".

Yeah I was just wondering what's going on there, has Anyone reported that yet?