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{{Short description|Type of enclosure for electrical connections}}
'''Chocbox''' is a patented plastic box for safely enclosing electrical connections made with [[screw terminal|screw connector strips]]. It was invented by entrepreneur Peter Moule,<ref name=tel>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/2821039/Chocbox-goes-global-with-Dragons.html|title=Chocbox goes global with Dragons|date=11 December 2007|access-date=4 April 2018|last=Tyler|first=Richard|website=The Telegraph}}</ref> who appeared on the [[BBC]] television programme ''[[Dragons' Den (UK)|Dragons' Den]]'' in 2007.<ref name=tel/> He secured a deal with two "dragons", [[Duncan Bannatyne]] and [[James Caan (entrepreneur)|James Caan]], for £150,000 funding and soon made a deal for sales worth £25 million.<ref>DIY week [http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=11243&title=Chocbox+founder+makes+a+million Chocbox founder makes a million] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518113933/http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=11243&title=Chocbox+founder+makes+a+million |date=2008-05-18 }}</ref><ref>Daily Telegraph [https://web.archive.org/web/20071214144739/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fmoney%2F2007%2F12%2F11%2Fybchocbox111.xml Chocbox goes global with Dragons]</ref> Bannatyne describes Chocbox as one of his best investments from the show.<ref>journallive.co.uk [http://www.journallive.co.uk/lifestyle-news/newcastle-people/2009/06/13/a-dragon-at-ease-61634-23863088/ A Dragon at ease] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727175832/http://www.journallive.co.uk/lifestyle-news/newcastle-people/2009/06/13/a-dragon-at-ease-61634-23863088/ |date=2009-07-27 }} Retrieved 25 June 2009</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.chocbox.info Chocbox website]
*[http://www.james-caan.com/dragons-den/ James Caan: Investments]
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[[Category:Electrical wiring]]
[[Category:Electrical safety]]
[[Category:British inventions]]
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