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Neat way for cable to pass through plasterboard


  • Subject: Neat way for cable to pass through plasterboard
  • From: "martinpalmer8" <martinpalmer8@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:20:55 -0000

This is probably a dumb question but I haven't found a satisfactory
solution...

I have some surface mounted equipment (e.g. heating controller,
security controller) into which I must terminate some low voltage
(<50V) cables (e.g. RS485, PIR sensor connections). The equipment
enclosures have knockouts on the underside through which the cables enter.

The cables are run within dry lining. What is a neat way to bring the
cable out through the plasterboard and up into the equipment? I could
simply drill holes in the plasterboard and thread the cable through
but this wouldn't look nice. I could have some 20mm conduit coming out
of the wall and up into the knockouts which might look a bit better. A
surface-mounted junction box (about 250mm width x 90mm height) with
rear-entry knockouts occurred to me, but I can't find a decent source.

Does anyone have some neat ideas?







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