Hi
I want to install 2 extra sockets and a sfcu in a hallway. I have opened the socket I was wanting to extend from and have found that there is metal conduit, 2 x red wires and 2 x black wires there is also a red and a black wire looped from one metal conduit pipe to the other. There is also no earth except for the one connecting the socket to the back of the socket back box. Can I add the extra sockets to the ring main from here and add the earth to the back of the box or the back of the socket. The conduit is obviously being used as the earth. I have attached an image of the socket I want to extend from.
What I would like to do is disconnect a set of the red and black supply wires and use wago clips to join them to my new twin and earth so I can then extend the ring main. Once I have added the extra sockets I would then return to the original socket and put the ends where the original ends would go, completing the extension. I would connect the earth from the twin and earth to the back of the socket
Is there any special way I should extend the earth as the conduit is the earth or should connecting it to the back of the socket or back box continue the earth?
Any help is much appreciated.
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I want to install 2 extra sockets and a sfcu in a hallway. I have opened the socket I was wanting to extend from and have found that there is metal conduit, 2 x red wires and 2 x black wires there is also a red and a black wire looped from one metal conduit pipe to the other. There is also no earth except for the one connecting the socket to the back of the socket back box. Can I add the extra sockets to the ring main from here and add the earth to the back of the box or the back of the socket. The conduit is obviously being used as the earth. I have attached an image of the socket I want to extend from.
What I would like to do is disconnect a set of the red and black supply wires and use wago clips to join them to my new twin and earth so I can then extend the ring main. Once I have added the extra sockets I would then return to the original socket and put the ends where the original ends would go, completing the extension. I would connect the earth from the twin and earth to the back of the socket
Is there any special way I should extend the earth as the conduit is the earth or should connecting it to the back of the socket or back box continue the earth?
Any help is much appreciated.
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