How many sockets should a room have?

[essexmick]

Anywhere you have an extension lead put sockets there instead. I don't reckon you can ever have too many. I put 4 doubles just behind to tv corner! Then I have 5 others around the living room behind furniture, curtains (floor hanging). Plus when It comes to Christmas you might want extras for decorations etc.

There are quite a few extension leads in the house that I've just bought.

 

[EFLImpudence]

I disagree with Greenie.

Four double sockets with eight leads dangling is, in my opinion, unsightly even if behind a cabinet.

Much better is one (or two) with extension lead sockets in or near your 'media centre'.

 

[Greenie9657]

I disagree with Greenie.

Four double sockets with eight leads dangling is, in my opinion, unsightly even if behind a cabinet.

Much better is one (or two) with extension lead sockets in or near your 'media centre'.

I hate extension leads and unsightly wires. 8 plugs, 8 cables running straight to the floor, then onwards to whatever it connects. Defo sockets for me!

 

[JohnW2]

I hate extension leads and unsightly wires. 8 plugs, 8 cables running straight to the floor, then onwards to whatever it connects. Defo sockets for me!

Most extension sockets have keyholes on the back to allow them to be fixed to a wall. Does that differ appreciably from multiple sockets?

Another advantage of extension leads is that they allow a whole pile of related things (e.g. AV or IT equipment) to be switched on/off with a single switch.

Kind Regards, John

 

[EFLImpudence]

Fair enough.

 

[Greenie9657]

Haha. I've changed my mind!!

 

[OwainDIYer]

Of course Americans don't have ring final circuits; only radials with limited numbers of sockets on each circuit. The consumer unit for that wall must be huge.

I wonder which is cheaper - covering the wall with sockets, or plastering it?

 

[m0t]

I had my house rewired and went with 5 doubles in the living room, 4 in the main bedroom, 3 in the second and third bedroom, 3 in the dining room, 5 in the kitchen and one in the hall.

I am hardly using any of them because all of the electronics (including the dishwasher and washing machine) are plugged into surge protected extensions. The only thing I didn't have plugged into one was my router and it got fried in one of the thunderstorms we had in July.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

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[EFLImpudence]

 

[333rocky333]

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[bernardgreen]

I have 5 others around the living room behind furniture, curtains (floor hanging)..

If you leave plug in cheap plug top power supplies in the sockets then check the curtains are fire resistant