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Socket Converter 2 Gang to 4 Gang
We really need more electrical sockets in our kitchen. We have 5 double
sockets, but it's not enough! (1st World problems, I know.) I can find some "Socket Converters 2 Gang to 4 Gang", but none from a brand that I am familiar with. Does anyone have any recommendations, please? |
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I can find some "Socket Converters 2 Gang to 4 Gang", but none from a brand that I am familiar with. Does Eterna qualify? https://www.eterna-lighting.co.uk/product/convert4 |
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On 11/01/2021 17:37, Andy Burns wrote:
GB wrote: I can find some "Socket Converters 2 Gang to 4 Gang", but none from a brand that I am familiar with. Does Eterna qualify? https://www.eterna-lighting.co.uk/product/convert4 Surprised that it needs a fuse, since I would have thought all the sockets could have been treated like spurs? |
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Fredxx wrote:
Andy Burns wrote: https://www.eterna-lighting.co.uk/product/convert4 Surprised that it needs a fuse, since I would have thought all the sockets could have been treated like spurs? Yes, but more than a double socket on a spur does require a fuse, all of the 3 or 4-gang convertors have them. |
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Fredxx wrote:
On 11/01/2021 17:37, Andy Burns wrote: GB wrote: I can find some "Socket Converters 2 Gang to 4 Gang", but none from a brand that I am familiar with. Does Eterna qualify? https://www.eterna-lighting.co.uk/product/convert4 Surprised that it needs a fuse, since I would have thought all the sockets could have been treated like spurs? I think it's because it's designed for retrofit: if the original was a single 13A socket, the new attachment is also limited to 13A. That way a householder can do a replacement wthout need to verify current capacity of the circuit (eg if this was fitted to an existing spur which the rules say you can't add extra sockets to). Fitted one of them and I like it - it's not deep unlike others, so it's barely thicker than a conventional socket. There is a green LED for the surge protection which might be annoying in some cases (or tape over it). Theo |
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On 11/01/2021 17:55, Theo wrote:
Fredxx wrote: On 11/01/2021 17:37, Andy Burns wrote: GB wrote: I can find some "Socket Converters 2 Gang to 4 Gang", but none from a brand that I am familiar with. Does Eterna qualify? https://www.eterna-lighting.co.uk/product/convert4 Surprised that it needs a fuse, since I would have thought all the sockets could have been treated like spurs? I think it's because it's designed for retrofit: if the original was a single 13A socket, the new attachment is also limited to 13A. That way a householder can do a replacement wthout need to verify current capacity of the circuit (eg if this was fitted to an existing spur which the rules say you can't add extra sockets to). Fitted one of them and I like it - it's not deep unlike others, so it's barely thicker than a conventional socket. There is a green LED for the surge protection which might be annoying in some cases (or tape over it). Theo Surely, it has to be as thick as the length of the pins of the plugs that go into it? About 2-3 cms? |
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On 11/01/2021 17:55, Theo wrote:
Fredxx wrote: On 11/01/2021 17:37, Andy Burns wrote: GB wrote: I can find some "Socket Converters 2 Gang to 4 Gang", but none from a brand that I am familiar with. Does Eterna qualify? https://www.eterna-lighting.co.uk/product/convert4 Surprised that it needs a fuse, since I would have thought all the sockets could have been treated like spurs? I think it's because it's designed for retrofit: if the original was a single 13A socket, the new attachment is also limited to 13A. That way a householder can do a replacement wthout need to verify current capacity of the circuit (eg if this was fitted to an existing spur which the rules say you can't add extra sockets to). Of course, I was thinking in context of a ring. Fitted one of them and I like it - it's not deep unlike others, so it's barely thicker than a conventional socket. There is a green LED for the surge protection which might be annoying in some cases (or tape over it). I have seen 2-gan ones and they look a neat way of adding changing a single to double without any mess. |
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Socket Converter 2 Gang to 4 Gang
On 11/01/2021 17:52, Andy Burns wrote:
Fredxx wrote: Andy Burns wrote: https://www.eterna-lighting.co.uk/product/convert4 Surprised that it needs a fuse, since I would have thought all the sockets could have been treated like spurs? Yes, but more than a double socket on a spur does require a fuse, all of the 3 or 4-gang convertors have them. Yes, but if added to a ring, not a spur, probably unnecessary. |
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In article , Fredxx wrote:
On 11/01/2021 17:52, Andy Burns wrote: Fredxx wrote: Andy Burns wrote: https://www.eterna-lighting.co.uk/product/convert4 Surprised that it needs a fuse, since I would have thought all the sockets could have been treated like spurs? Yes, but more than a double socket on a spur does require a fuse, all of the 3 or 4-gang convertors have them. Yes, but if added to a ring, not a spur, probably unnecessary. If it had two sets of input connectors, and appropriately wired inside, you might count it as part of the ring, -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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On 11/01/2021 17:58, GB wrote:
On 11/01/2021 17:55, Theo wrote: Fredxx wrote: On 11/01/2021 17:37, Andy Burns wrote: GB wrote: I can find some "Socket Converters 2 Gang to 4 Gang", but none from a brand that I am familiar with. Does Eterna qualify? https://www.eterna-lighting.co.uk/product/convert4 Surprised that it needs a fuse, since I would have thought all the sockets could have been treated like spurs? I think it's because it's designed for retrofit: if the original was a single 13A socket, the new attachment is also limited to 13A.Â* That way a householder can do a replacement wthout need to verify current capacity of the circuit (eg if this was fitted to an existing spur which the rules say you can't add extra sockets to). Fitted one of them and I like it - it's not deep unlike others, so it's barely thicker than a conventional socket.Â* There is a green LED for the surge protection which might be annoying in some cases (or tape over it). Theo Surely, it has to be as thick as the length of the pins of the plugs that go into it? About 2-3 cms? yes: 25mm - the length of an earth pin plus the thickness of the plastic case -- Robin reply-to address is (intended to be) valid |
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Socket Converter 2 Gang to 4 Gang
On 11/01/2021 17:37, Andy Burns wrote:
GB wrote: I can find some "Socket Converters 2 Gang to 4 Gang", but none from a brand that I am familiar with. Does Eterna qualify? https://www.eterna-lighting.co.uk/product/convert4 I fitted a 1 to 2 by Eterna. Not here and house was sold a year or so later so I don't know how it lasted. Seemed OK build wise but even to my catholic taste (or lack of taste) looked clunky. You know you really need bench trunking... -- Robin reply-to address is (intended to be) valid |
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Socket Converter 2 Gang to 4 Gang
On 2021-01-11, Andy Burns wrote:
GB wrote: I can find some "Socket Converters 2 Gang to 4 Gang", but none from a brand that I am familiar with. Does Eterna qualify? https://www.eterna-lighting.co.uk/product/convert4 It's nice of them to show you what the fittings on the back look like before you order it. |
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