"John Rumm" wrote in message
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On 26/05/2015 10:43, Des wrote:

how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the
sockets are still live?

Sockets are usually wired on a ring circuit. See the illustration he

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...ers#Overvie w

Cut one side of the ring, and there is still an alternative path via the
other.



Cheers,

John.

But why do they do that?

Go check out ring mains on the internet, basically two feed are better than
one.

I was tempted to use a few of Adams favourite words here but then thought,
no lets give Des the benefit of doubt.

Mike