On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 19:45:37 +0100, Owain
wrote:

T i m wrote:
I poped the top off the existing (double) socket and noted there were
3 sets of wires, potentially ring in / out and 'another'. On the other
side of the room was a single socket and 'probably' the other end of
this spur.
My (general) question is what are the rules re taking another spur off
this ring point (assuming you can get 4 x 2.5mm in the connectors
etc), especially as this and the existing are only single sockets (I'm
thinking this spur *could* have fed a double?).

Well ... technically it could give rise to a high point load but I
AFAICR there's nothing against it in the Regs.

Ok thanks, I'll pass that on ..

The space in the terminals and the back box for the wires is going to be
the killer - bear in mind the requirement for "good workmanship".

Oh indeed. Whenever I have done this in the past I try to ensure the
cables enter the back of the box in the right order so they lay in
parallel inside the box etc (not twisting all over each other) and
with enough of the sheath stripped back to give flexibility whilst
keeping the sheath within the box etc. One thing I had then and am
still hanging onto now is pride in what I do. It's a rare day when I
look at other folks work (these days) and think 'that's neat' .. ;-(

T' simplest way would probably be to spur off the double socket to an
adjacent FCU, then run both single sockets downstream of the FCU.

Understood.

[1] The lady reminded me that I ran / wired some SWA to a waterproof
socket in the garden for her when I was 17 .. 32 years ago ... and
it's still working! g

Be about time for its periodic inspection and insulation test then.

Probably. But I can't touch any of it now days can I ..?

All the best ..

T i m