I wonder if you can help me?
I have just moved into a new house which was rewired by the previous owner and has had all the safety checks done but I am a bit confused by the wiring of the plugs
In the kitchen there was a single socket (which should have been a double in my mind) so I thought it must be a spur. but when I tracked the wiring. it had 2 wires (in and out) and the out wire went to another double socket, but terminated there, So it cant bi a ring system?
Lots of the sockets have 3 sets of wires going into them, I would presume that this would be a ring and a spur? but I thought spurs had to be single sockets and there are no single sockets.
lastly there is one double socket in the attic bedroom. I was hoping to break the ring and add in 2 or 3 more sockets but on investigation there is just one wire.
could this be a radial system? if so can I just "tack on " the extra sockets?
it almost seems like he has installed a mixture of radial and ring circuits from the same breaker.
All help appreciated
I have just moved into a new house which was rewired by the previous owner and has had all the safety checks done but I am a bit confused by the wiring of the plugs
In the kitchen there was a single socket (which should have been a double in my mind) so I thought it must be a spur. but when I tracked the wiring. it had 2 wires (in and out) and the out wire went to another double socket, but terminated there, So it cant bi a ring system?
Lots of the sockets have 3 sets of wires going into them, I would presume that this would be a ring and a spur? but I thought spurs had to be single sockets and there are no single sockets.
lastly there is one double socket in the attic bedroom. I was hoping to break the ring and add in 2 or 3 more sockets but on investigation there is just one wire.
could this be a radial system? if so can I just "tack on " the extra sockets?
it almost seems like he has installed a mixture of radial and ring circuits from the same breaker.
All help appreciated