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Hi,
in the process of installing master link in our new house and in one place I need to join 4 cables. I have used junction boxes before and I plan to use them in other places. However, joining 4 cables in a junction box is a little bit tedious and then I saw this example which looks pretty neat and simple (especially since it will be in a closed cabinet):
What do you think, is there any risk of loss of quality etc. if I use a box and socket pieces like this instead?(I would need to join the blue/white and pink cables in the same socket to shorten them out right?)
Best regards,
Riven
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Using connector blocks within a wiska box shouldn't cause any loss of quality, but you'd need to be careful when tightening up the screws on the connector blocks to avoid flattening the ends of the cables so much that they later break off. Screw terminals are not ideal with thin wires (although with four twisted together you are less likely to have any issues).
If using the official junction boxes I always prefer the 'large' version if there is room as you are able to clamp the cables with these and prevent them being pulled out.
If you do use the approach in the photo, then you should put a cable tie around each cable inside the box and this should help prevent the cable being pulled out through the hole in the box (or a use nylon TRS gland for each cable).
Martin.
Rivenflush:I would need to join the blue/white and pink cables in the same socket to shorten them out right?
Yes (unless there is already another box in the system, that can't be unplugged, and where this is already done)
riverstyx: Rivenflush:I would need to join the blue/white and pink cables in the same socket to shorten them out right? Yes (unless there is already another box in the system, that can't be unplugged, and where this is already done)
Hmm...
I will have several more junction boxes in the system (the original B&O ones) and I might misunderstand you but are you saying that:
You should only join the blue/white and pink cables in one place in the Masterlink network?
If we see the above 4 cables as the "heart" of the network, then I plan to have a B&O junction box in each end of the 4 cables connecting two cables.
Best regards,Riven
Rivenflush: I will have several more junction boxes in the system (the original B&O ones) and I might misunderstand you but are you saying that: You should only join the blue/white and pink cables in one place in the Masterlink network?
No, sorry, I wasn't very clear. They need to be joined at least once somewhere within the masterlink network, and they can be joined in multiple places. I just meant that if they were already joined elsewhere, then you don't necessarily have to join them again if you don't want to (but it will make no difference if you do).
If it is possible for parts of the masterlink network to be disconnected from each other (for example where you have plug/socket type distributor boxes), then it makes sense to ensure that each part of the network has these wires joined so that the rest of the ML network will still function correctly if the other parts of the network are unplugged (for example whilst testing / diagnosing a ML fault).