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Another nice thing over here is that switches, receptacles and cover plates are all still available in the traditional ivory & brown options - The former just blends in better in many situations than the starker plain white, and the latter still works well on darker walls, or against darker wood paneling etc. Most major brands do also have plain white as well these days, and some add almond as an alternative, along with other options such as gray and black for the "designer" crowd.Maybe I'm old fashioned but I don't understand this modern craze of replacing white plastic switches and sockets with brushed metal. .
Such an accessory would be Jolly Useful for extending a ring final from a socket.I sometimes wondered why no manufacturer (at least that I'm aware of) ever made a double 13A socket as a single unit with separate terminals for each socket.
They manage to do that anyway......And sadly that would be its downfall - I estimate that within less than 1 hour of such an accessory hitting the shelves in a shed, some numpty will have contrived to break a ring final by installing it.
Such an accessory would be Jolly Useful for extending a ring final from a socket.
Numpties will always do things that are not right. That is no reason to prevent the sensible people having access to items they need to complete projects that are well planned and properly installed.And sadly that would be its downfall - I estimate that within less than 1 hour of such an accessory hitting the shelves in a shed, some numpty will have contrived to break a ring final by installing it.
They would soon discover their error if they installed more than one. Even better if they had done every socket in the house.some numpty will have contrived to break a ring final by installing it.
Indeed - it would be a (probably cheaper) alternative to eric's often-posted idea of using a unit with two 13A socket modules for that purpose.Such an accessory would be Jolly Useful for extending a ring final from a socket.I sometimes wondered why no manufacturer (at least that I'm aware of) ever made a double 13A socket as a single unit with separate terminals for each socket.
Maybe that (as you say, inevitable) risk could be mitigated to some extent by supplying/selling them with links between the sockets, which would have to be removed by anyone wanting to use them 'unlinked'.... And sadly that would be its downfall - I estimate that within less than 1 hour of such an accessory hitting the shelves in a shed, some numpty will have contrived to break a ring final by installing it.
Interesting the way you phrased that: If you considered that linking the two halves turned it into a double socket and it therefore ceased to be two singles, then surely that would be compliant?As I was installing it (and linking the two halves to make it a double, rather than two singles) it broke the regs as the socket location was a spur. One half was a spur, and the second was therefore a spur from a spur.
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