On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:24:55 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
You mean the screw terminals? I find it hard to believe that any
sockets by MK (arguably the top brand) wouldn't accept three standard
2.5mm^2 wires as the configuration you've described is very common.
Maybe you had thicker cable than usual for a ring main?

60s wiring is probably 7/ .029, and three lots of that could be a
problem to fit in a modern socket.

Then you make it into three lots of 5/.029 ;-)