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Thanks FWL_Engineer - I think you just about cleared things up there. The socket I have is double pole. It has two connection points for the earth - is one of those for the joined earths from the ring main and the other for an earth connection with the casing of the box?

B & Q sell 'double pole' and 'single pole' double swithed sockets, so whether poorly named or not, there is such an animal. I am thinking 'double pole' justs means dual earth. How do you wire a dual earth socket? If the socket is placed in the ring main does 1 earth wire go to each of the...

What's the difference between a double pole double socket and a single pole double socket? Which one should I use if I am adding a new socket to a ring main? As far as I can see the double pole has two conection points for an earth whereas the single has one. How does this effect how the...