We've just purchased a 1978-built house without getting an electrical safety test done.
Upon investigation I've found two places where a socket on the ringmain has a double socket spur and then that spur is also spurred to another double socket. The cables are white t/e 2.5mm (red/black) so the work is at least 2-3 years old which takes the job back prior to the people we bought the house from who were there for 14 months only.
I know the regs say you can't spur from a spur but what do they say about work that has already been done in the past? At present we don't have the money to completely rewire the property nor to start chsing out to extend the ring main. Can the original work be left as it is for the time being and be safe? These sockets are in the lounge and only TV/Cable equipment will be used and the occasional vacuum cleaner.
Any suggestions/comments gratefully accepted.
Jim
Upon investigation I've found two places where a socket on the ringmain has a double socket spur and then that spur is also spurred to another double socket. The cables are white t/e 2.5mm (red/black) so the work is at least 2-3 years old which takes the job back prior to the people we bought the house from who were there for 14 months only.
I know the regs say you can't spur from a spur but what do they say about work that has already been done in the past? At present we don't have the money to completely rewire the property nor to start chsing out to extend the ring main. Can the original work be left as it is for the time being and be safe? These sockets are in the lounge and only TV/Cable equipment will be used and the occasional vacuum cleaner.
Any suggestions/comments gratefully accepted.
Jim