In article ,
AnthonyL wrote:
On Thu, 5 Nov 2020 09:49:04 +0000, Jack Harry Teesdale
wrote:

On 04/11/2020 19:49, Dr S Lartius wrote:
A multi-occupier building has, in a communal service cupboard, a
single standard 13A surface-mounted switched socket into which is
plugged a normal-looking plug.

Entering that plug are two different leads connected to two
different items of low-power fixed communal equipment (it is
not easy to see what each of those actually does - or did.

How should that setup be described, on a scale running from
entirely satisfactory to absolutely illegal?


I would say entirely unsatisfactory.

The correct method would be two seperate 13a plugs and a double socket
outlet. As a temporary measure a 2 way adaptor in to the single socket
would not be 'illegal'.

2 way adapters (those block things) are the spawn of the devil
regardless of legality. They wobble and are more of a risk than a
solution. The only one I have is to give me two 2 pin outlets for
shaving etc.

Yup - something sticking out of the wall that far is prone to damage -
especially in a cupboard, where things are likely stored.

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