On 05/02/2019 16:49, Mathew Newton wrote:
When it comes to rewiring I follow the school of thought that you can't have too many sockets... With this in mind I have always been fairly generous when it comes to sockets in a lounge for a TV so as to cover all the extras: STB, BR/DVD, surround sound etc.

The thing is; even putting in, say, three doubles, I've found the need to use a multi-way extension lead anyway and so for my next rewire I'm thinking I might just put one double socket in and then use short extension leads for everything given that they are all relatively low powered consumer electronic devices (i.e. not space heaters). This will then free up wall space for other sockets I generally need e.g. surround sound terminals, lighting points, Ethernet sockets etc.

I was curious what others think/do? Perhaps rather than 'you cant have too many sockets' it should be more 'you cant have too many socket *locations*'?


Nothing wrong with treating the media stack as a single device with
internal (extension lead) power distribution - I do it all the time.

You can even use IEC bars for extra compactness (at the expense of
sticking new plugs on everything)

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