Junction box

A junction box having a base and a cover adapted to be secured together to provide an enclosure for electrical connections of at least two electric cables, said cover being of a non-conductive plastics material and said base being of a non-conductive plastics material and having integrally moulded therein a conductive continuity plate, said continuity plate having at least one lug extending outwardly and externally of said base to provide an earthing terminal to ground, and said continuity plate extending to the regions of entry ports formed in said base through which electric cables are to extend with said continuity plate being exposed at said regions for electrical contact with a cable gland fitting engaged with the cable and said entry port, the arrangement being such that in the assembly, there is a continuous earthing path from the respective cables through said continuity plate to said earthing terminal.