(Socket) not working (Ed.)

[Daniel3103]

If it hsa been protected by an FCU it should have been installed in an easily accessible place and pointed out to you what it was for. So unless it has been covered by some later instalation it would seem unlikely you have one. My guess would be on a loose connection in the back of the socket itself which you could check yourself as I described in previous post. No there should be no urgency if the socket is unused

I was wondering too about a potentially hidden FCU, because I don’t remember the original electrician telling me he had installed one, plus the inaccessible space I mentioned is behind a panel that has always been there. I can’t remember the electrician tinkering behind that panel either, and it seems a strange place to install a consumer unit. So, maybe there isn’t one.
If there is a loose connection behind the socket though, it is affecting both sides of the double socket. I will look again, but when I unscrewed the socket from its box, I didn’t notice anything clearly visible. If there is nothing obvious, I am still going to eventually need to call another electrician.

 

[jj4091]

Oh sorry if you have mentioned removing the socket before I must have missed it.

 

[FrodoOne]

Hello,
I have an extension plug fitted in my conservatory, as the photo shows. It was fitted a few years ago by an electrician, and it is wired to my mains network. Recently, I had some work done in my garden, for which the workers connected heavy equipment to this plug and, shortly afterwards, the plug stopped working. The landscapers in my garden were not surprised: they told me that, as this was a spur and not a direct plug, the demand from their equipment was probably too high for it. We plugged their equipment into another socket on my premises and, from then on, it worked fine.
However, I still have no electricity from this extension plug in my conservatory. What can I do to make it work back again? Is this a job I can do myself, or do I need to call a qualified electrician?

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As others have written,
that is a "Dual Socket-Outlet".

Such an "Outlet" supplies "Electrical Energy".
(Firstly Voltage
and,
if the conductors are adequate, [and the Circuit Breaker does not "Trip"] -
Current)

Then,
the Rate at which this Energy is supplied is "Power".

 

[EFLImpudence]

As others have written,
that is a "Dual Socket-Outlet".

'Double' socket is the usual term - or two-gang.
A 'dual' back-box is one which allows two single sockets to be fitted.

Such an "Outlet" supplies "Electrical Energy".

Does the socket actually 'supply' the energy?

(Firstly Voltage
and,
if the conductors are adequate, [and the Circuit Breaker does not "Trip"] -
Current)

Well - it doesn't really work like that, does it?

 

[Scally-Ho]

If members are going to be pedantic, then surely the correct term is a Switched Twin Socket Outlet as the OP displayed a photo of a Twin SSO.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

As I need to get a professional in, I am probably going to leave it for the time being. That socket is not terribly important to me, and I am actually carrying out plenty of renovations elsewhere in my bungalow. I am going to spend my money on some of these other things first.

Just two circuits, for the entire bungalow, would suggest the original installation is ancient, and probably might need to be rewired, and upgraded.

 

[EFLImpudence]

If members are going to be pedantic,

...or accurate.

then surely the correct term is a Switched Twin Socket Outlet as the OP displayed a photo of a Twin SSO.

Why 'twin' especially? Who uses that term?

 

[bernardgreen]

Why 'twin' especially? Who uses that term?

many companies use 'twin'

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[EFLImpudence]

many companies use 'twin'

Ok. Most seem to use two-gang.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Perhaps it depends on your nearest outlet - right or wrong - which you think is correct.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Wickes Square Edge 13A 2 Gang Double Switched Socket - White - Pack of 5 | Wickes.co.uk

Wickes Square Edge 13A 2 Gang Double Switched Socket - White - Pack of 5

www.wickes.co.uk

 

[Daniel3103]

Oh sorry if you have mentioned removing the socket before I must have missed it.

I don’t think I mentioned it - but I did do it.

 

[Daniel3103]

Just two circuits, for the entire bungalow, would suggest the original installation is ancient, and probably might need to be rewired, and upgraded.

Yes, it is ancient, but I had it tested by an electrician when I moved in (the same guy who installed the socket that this post is about) and it passed the safety tests, so I don’t think I need the place rewired. Now wouldn’t be the right time to do that anyway, because I have already had all the walls replastered and repainted, and that would be destroyed if the wiring behind had to be accessed again!

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Yes, it is ancient, but I had it tested by an electrician when I moved in (the same guy who installed the socket that this post is about) and it passed the safety tests,

Mmm, that fills me with no confidence at all! Are you sure he was qualified, did he give you anything in writing?

 

[SUNRAY]

Perhaps it depends on your nearest outlet - right or wrong - which you think is correct.

Is that a twin outlet or double outlet