On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:55:30 +0000, Andrew Chesters
wrote:

...but then the OP was using the cheapest junction boxes this side of a
very cheap place...

But they're still supposed to work ! We have government interference
and mandatory standards for such things so that _anything_ with the
right marks on it _can_ safely be assumed to be fit for purpose.

Instead we seem to have pointless interferences like Part P, and
sometimes the odd dodgy fitting does slip through.