"Bert Coules" wrote in message
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I'd be interested to know if anyone has used these rather stylish
electrical
sockets:
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Ind...ets/index.html -
these are from TLC but Screwfix now carry a similar range. It's not at
all
clear from the illustrations just how they are mounted; presumably the
fixings are concealed inside the boxes, but how are they accessed?

Many thanks.

Bert
http://www.bertcoules.co.uk



I have fitted these and they are incredibly badly designed.

There are no useful instructions in the packaging.

The sockets are screwed to the metal wedge; the fixings are tabs on the
inside of the wedge.
Each socket is individually wired.

Thus, to fit a double socket in a ring final circuit, you need to remove the
socket inserts, mount the "wedge" (it wobbles!), pull the ring circuit feeds
through the holes where the sockets fit, wire each socket insert and then
another cable to wire between the two sockets. Clearly the metal wedge
should also be earthed and I cannot remember if a flylead was included or if
I just crimped a ring to go under a fixing screw.

Once all the wires are in place, the whole lot has to be crammed untidily
into the case so that the sockets can be screwed in place. It is well worth
using a proper cable stripper as any nipped cores are likely to get
fractured.

Having spent ages fitting the buggers, the client decided to replace them as
they were "too flimsily mounted"

I would never advise using these fittings

They did look very pretty though!

HTH
Adrian