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how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the
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how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the
sockets are still live? Because they are on a ring main. Should you be messing with mains if you lack this basic knowledge? MIke |
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On 26/05/2015 10:43, Des wrote:
how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Are you serious, or this a wind-up? What did you expect? -- Cheers, Roger ____________ Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom checked. |
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On 26/05/15 10:59, Roger Mills wrote:
On 26/05/2015 10:43, Des wrote: how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Are you serious, or this a wind-up? What did you expect? Fiver says it's Wodney... |
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"Tim Watts" wrote in message ... On 26/05/15 10:59, Roger Mills wrote: On 26/05/2015 10:43, Des wrote: how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Are you serious, or this a wind-up? What did you expect? Fiver says it's Wodney... You've just lost that fiver, again. |
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In article ,
Rod Speed wrote: "Tim Watts" wrote in message ... On 26/05/15 10:59, Roger Mills wrote: On 26/05/2015 10:43, Des wrote: how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Are you serious, or this a wind-up? What did you expect? Fiver says it's Wodney... You've just lost that fiver, again. You should be worried that every stupid/ignorant comment gets blamed on you. -- *My wife and I had words. But I didn't get to use mine. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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En el artículo , Dave Plowman (News)
escribió: You should be worried that every stupid/ignorant comment gets blamed on you. Don't forget his many sockpuppets. -- |
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message ... In article , Rod Speed wrote: "Tim Watts" wrote in message ... On 26/05/15 10:59, Roger Mills wrote: On 26/05/2015 10:43, Des wrote: how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Are you serious, or this a wind-up? What did you expect? Fiver says it's Wodney... You've just lost that fiver, again. You should be worried that every stupid/ignorant comment gets blamed on you. I couldn’t care less what terminal ****wits like you and him do. |
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"Roger Mills" wrote in message ... On 26/05/2015 10:43, Des wrote: how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Are you serious, or this a wind-up? What did you expect? -- Cheers, Roger ____________ Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom checked. I expected the ones furthest away from where the lecy comes in to the house to go off. |
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In message , Des
writes "Roger Mills" wrote in message ... On 26/05/2015 10:43, Des wrote: how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Are you serious, or this a wind-up? What did you expect? I expected the ones furthest away from where the lecy comes in to the house to go off. As someone else said, in the UK, sockets are generally wired in a ring - and have a pair of cables supplying them so to isolate the socket you need to disconnect both cables. Have a look at the wiki for starters : http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Ring_circuit. It's important as was suggested, that you understand the basics of this before working on the system. and understand other arrangements of socket wiring you might come across. Why were you cutting the cable? What are you wanting to achieve? If you are cutting the cable to remove a socket you need to remake the ring. -- Chris French |
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"Des" wrote in message ... "Roger Mills" wrote in message ... On 26/05/2015 10:43, Des wrote: how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Are you serious, or this a wind-up? What did you expect? I expected the ones furthest away from where the lecy comes in to the house to go off. You don’t understand how ring mains work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_circuit |
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On 26/05/2015 10:43, Des wrote:
how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Sockets are usually wired on a ring circuit. See the illustration he http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...ers#Overvie w Cut one side of the ring, and there is still an alternative path via the other. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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"John Rumm" wrote in message o.uk... On 26/05/2015 10:43, Des wrote: how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Sockets are usually wired on a ring circuit. See the illustration he http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...ers#Overvie w Cut one side of the ring, and there is still an alternative path via the other. Cheers, John. But why do they do that? |
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In message , Des
writes "John Rumm" wrote in message news:X66dnbTMT8uR1_nInZ2dnUVZ8iednZ2d@brightview. co.uk... On 26/05/2015 10:43, Des wrote: how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Sockets are usually wired on a ring circuit. See the illustration he http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...ers#Overvie w Cut one side of the ring, and there is still an alternative path via the other. But why do they do that? See the other wiki link I just posted. -- Chris French |
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On Tuesday, 26 May 2015 11:27:21 UTC+1, Des wrote:
"John Rumm" wrote in message o.uk... On 26/05/2015 10:43, Des wrote: how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Sockets are usually wired on a ring circuit. See the illustration he http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...ers#Overvie w Cut one side of the ring, and there is still an alternative path via the other. But why do they do that? http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Ring_circuit NT |
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"John Rumm" wrote in message news:X66dnbTMT8uR1_nInZ2dnUVZ8iednZ2d@brightview. co.uk... On 26/05/2015 10:43, Des wrote: how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Sockets are usually wired on a ring circuit. See the illustration he http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...ers#Overvie w Cut one side of the ring, and there is still an alternative path via the other. Cheers, John. But why do they do that? Go check out ring mains on the internet, basically two feed are better than one. I was tempted to use a few of Adams favourite words here but then thought, no lets give Des the benefit of doubt. Mike |
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"Des" wrote in message ... "John Rumm" wrote in message o.uk... On 26/05/2015 10:43, Des wrote: how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Sockets are usually wired on a ring circuit. See the illustration he http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...ers#Overvie w Cut one side of the ring, and there is still an alternative path via the other. But why do they do that? Because it works better. |
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In article , Rod Speed
wrote: "Des" wrote in message ... "John Rumm" wrote in message o.uk... On 26/05/2015 10:43, Des wrote: how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Sockets are usually wired on a ring circuit. See the illustration he http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...ers#Overvie w Cut one side of the ring, and there is still an alternative path via the other. But why do they do that? Because it works better. Not really, but it saved copper in the 1950s, -- From KT24 in Surrey Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18 |
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charles wrote: Because it works better. Not really, but it saved copper in the 1950s, It does do that. But actually makes more efficient use of materials. It gives more consistent results over the entire circuit which a radial can't achieve. -- *Ever stop to think and forget to start again? Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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"charles" wrote in message ... In article , Rod Speed wrote: "Des" wrote in message ... "John Rumm" wrote in message o.uk... On 26/05/2015 10:43, Des wrote: how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Sockets are usually wired on a ring circuit. See the illustration he http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...ers#Overvie w Cut one side of the ring, and there is still an alternative path via the other. But why do they do that? Because it works better. Not really, Yes it does, particularly with high loads like electrical heaters. but it saved copper in the 1950s, Saves copper now too. |
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On 26/05/2015 11:27, Des wrote:
"John Rumm" wrote in message o.uk... On 26/05/2015 10:43, Des wrote: how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Sockets are usually wired on a ring circuit. See the illustration he http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...ers#Overvie w Cut one side of the ring, and there is still an alternative path via the other. But why do they do that? It allows you to create a 7.2kW circuit using smaller an lighter cable than would otherwise be required. Makes it cheaper and easier to wire. It also performs better under a number of fault conditions, and gives less voltage drop effects from high loads. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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Des wrote
how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Because its on a ring main and you only cut part of the wiring going to the sockets. |
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"Des" wrote in message
... how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Jim, For heaven's sake! And you a building surveyor! (But how many will take the bait?) Gareth |
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On 26/05/15 10:43, Des wrote:
how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? ring, not spur ?? -- New Socialism consists essentially in being seen to have your heart in the right place whilst your head is in the clouds and your hand is in someone else's pocket. |
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"Des" wrote in message ... how come when I cut through my wiring going to my 13a sockets all the sockets are still live? Because you are a ****ing idiot? |
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