There are all sorts of understandings (old wives' tales) which have no basis in fact.As the socket in question has already been spurred off, and my understanding is that you can only spur once from each socket,
Yes.Are you saying that I can safely spur twice from the same socket?
There is but electrically it makes no difference.There seems to be a lot of conflicting opinions about this.
That may be true, but even if it weren't, it would have no different an effect than connecting to a second socket next to the first.The frustrating thing is that once I put in the additional socket, the original one will be surplus to requirements, so there is no real increase to the load on the system.
Are you saying that I can safely spur twice from the same socket? There seems to be a lot of conflicting opinions about this. The frustrating thing is that once I put in the additional socket, the original one will be surplus to requirements, so there is no real increase to the load on the system.
I think a more realistic concern is a DIYer (like myself!) safely getting 4x 2.5mm T&E cables into a presumably 25mm backbox, which may even be single (unless I've missed them specifying it's a double).
However I'm not sure that regulations permit this, particularly in terms of indicating that there are live cables in the allowed zones.
.....a blanking plate over the backbox. However I'm not sure that regulations permit this,
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