Recent content by d-zoom

:D - thanks for the advice plugwash and everyone else who contributed. i've got singles at the CU. the way i understand this is to break the ring at another socket (temporarily of course) to see which wires at my socket still give mains voltage just to make sure i've got it right...

:?: problem - the cables poking out from a conduit are not sleeved/bunched together (i.e. there are just two black, two red and the earth ones - but can't tell which black goes with which red etc). i'm assuming that to extend the ring the wires need to be from the same cable going into the...

also: this found this as well - i suppose it's just a shorter version of the document referenced to by FWL-E (thanks for that). daz

also .... can i cover the cables under the tiles? the chases are in straight horizontal and vertical runs, but am concerned if somebody tries to screw sth into the wall in the future. thanks again

thanks guys

since i don't really want a blanking plate (there isn't the space nor would it look very good above two double socket outlets) i'm thinking of moving both double sockets up to where the existing single back box is (and replaicing it with two double boxes. this will do away with the need for...

i'm about to extend a main ring at a single socket point. there are two cables for both L and N and three for earth (that's how i know the socket is on a ring - right? :?: - also i've done the continuity test on the two live wires to confirm that). this is just to confirm what i'm doing is...