"Newbie_Neil" wrote in message
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Hi all

I have searched on the site and I cannot find the answer to such a
basic question.

I am going to put a ring main into my garage and then get an
electrician to check out my work and connect to the consumer unit. My
problem is that the double sockets I have bought do not have the same
number of connectors as the existing sockets in the house.

The double sockets are in the Screwfix metal clad range. Looking at
the back of the double socket the connectors are as follows: -

Earth/Live on the left hand side
Neutral/Earth on the right
Earth on the backing plate?

"Earth/Live on the left hand side"
I assume this is the incoming earth and both live cables?

"Neutral/Earth on the right"
I assume this is both neutral cables and the outgoing earth?

"Earth on the backing plate?"
What goes here?

Thanks, in advance, for your assistance.

Cheers
Neil

Hi Neil,

This page should talk you through things :

http://www.diydata.com/planning/ring_main/ring_main.htm

If you're using metal clad boxes and front plates, then you will need some
green/yellow 2.5 mm insulated cable and some green/yellow over sleeve to
slip over the bare copper cores in the PVC's. The 2.5 mm green/yellow cable
lets you connect to the socket plate from the back box. This makes the
installation of the boxes and sockets a little easier for you to do.

After you've fixed your boxes and run the cables between them, you can then
wrap the two bare copper cores together and slip some green/yellow sleeve on
to them and insert both into the earthing terminal of the back box (don't
tighten them up yet). Next you'll need to cut a length of the 2.5 mm
green/yellow cable so you can connect from the back box to the socket plate
itself. This method of connecting them all together makes sure that even if
you have to remove a socket plate, you'll always have an earth connecting
core to keep you a bit safer.

I would also recommend that if you're using any tools in the garage, make
sure you've connected them into and RCD device, just to make sure that if a
fault occurs in the flex or on the body of the tool, you'll have a local
point to break the circuit as quickly as possible.

Good luck with it and take your time. Please don't take any chances with
electricity.


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