Circular Box In Kitchen

oysterpearl

Hello,

I have just moved home and found this small, circular white box in the kitchen. The surface of it is numbered and the whole thing turns like a dial.

Does anyone know what it is for?

I've uploaded a photo at:

http://imgur.com/a/aU6zJ

Thank you!

Niv

That's an electrical junction box.


You probably want to tighten the screw on the top to stop it spinning round.

Niv

On second view it appears that there maybe a cable to the left of the box that has been cut? Is that so? If so it may be that it has been disconnected? There looks to be a cable run running down from it, is this still in use?

oysterpearl

I have taken some more photos at http://imgur.com/a/mAZQf . Hopefully these will help!

Annie1960

Try a search using google images.

Please let us know what you find, as I'm ingrugued. It almost looks as though it could be a indoors clothes line for small items. Is there a hook on an opposite wall where a string from your circular thing could be hooked onto?

[Deleted User]

Hi,

odd that the 'dial' has different directional indicators around the numbers.

DominicH

So the numbers around the dial correspond to the number of lines emanating from the number. E.g. the 3s have various T-shaped arrangements. I see that the line pointing to the edge of the circle is included in every position, so perhaps that represents the "input"?

Is that silver part like an electrical cable, or what? The device could perhaps be selecting which "outputs" are to be used?

oysterpearl

I think it is certainly a junction box, as I found this on Screwfix:

http://www.screwfix.com/p/20a-4-terminal-standard-junction-box-white/1239D?kpid=1239D&gclid=Cj0KEQjw2-bHBRDEh6qk5b6yqKIBEiQAFUz29rUCUg4wMaEGXgkARwaGB1X13sJQEFkDvoCTeF7hG6gaAmn38P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CLm2tYybtdMCFUE4GwodCTEKCg

However, I'm still not sure what it is there for. It is directly above where the cooker is, but there is a separate electric cable which connects the cooker up.

Niv

It is definitely an electrical junction box. Looks like it only has one cable going into it though so it looks like whatever was fed by it has been removed. Chances are the cable going into it is live, that's not a reason to panic in itself as long as the junction box is left alone / still has the cover on (hence my earlier advice to tighten it up so it doesn't spin).


The condition of the cable going into it looks from the photo as if it is in poor condition but it may just be debris / dust etc.

Niv

oysterpearl wrote: »

I think it is certainly a junction box, as I found this on Screwfix:

http://www.screwfix.com/p/20a-4-terminal-standard-junction-box-white/1239D?kpid=1239D&gclid=Cj0KEQjw2-bHBRDEh6qk5b6yqKIBEiQAFUz29rUCUg4wMaEGXgkARwaGB1X13sJQEFkDvoCTeF7hG6gaAmn38P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CLm2tYybtdMCFUE4GwodCTEKCg

However, I'm still not sure what it is there for. It is directly above where the cooker is, but there is a separate electric cable which connects the cooker up.

Ahh right that's where it is is it. Its power for an extraction hood would be my guess.

oysterpearl

That would make sense! There's no extractor hood here now, but that might be the answer, thank you!