"Guy King" wrote in message
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from "Alan Holmes" contains these words:

I would not like to take the risk of crimping mains cable, I would use a
proper juction box.

That might be a mistake. Apart from not complying with the current regs
if the box is inaccessible, it's also just silly because crimps are more
reliable than screws in a junction box. You might notice that the sort
of power cables that run underground into substation are crimped
together, not done with screw terminals.

In my day they were always soldered!


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