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Electrical Ring adding a new twin socket

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Hi

I am helping out installing a new socket

The existing socket is a trip base dual domestic socket. Its part of a
ring main which has 2.5 twin core and earth.

What's one of them?

I need to run a socket for to the middle of the room (i have done this
as a test - the breaker came on .. then about 5 minutes it tripped -
what could be the cause of this)

I fail to understand this.

Firstly should i run 2.5 twin core and earth.. or can i get away with
1.5mm ?

You might get away with 1.5. Or you might get prosecuted, or burn your
house down. Your call.

I also saw on a website it would be all right just to run a single
cable instead of running a ring back... ?

True.

Finally should i remove the trip socket to the end of this line .. and
just put a normal face plate / blanking plate across this unused
socket.

What advice can people provide on the above as I would like to get
this resolved

Ask the people in uk.d-i-y. And someone else who can explain about Part
P and such like - I'm fairly sure what you are suggesting now requires a
legally competent electrician to perform, or at least to check. I've
cross-posted this for you.

Many thanks

devo

Andy.

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