Recent content by grayfriars

Many thanks ban-all-sheds

In bathroom I have combination light and heater. I disconnected the heater element part because it was not being used and kept coming on when it was not wanted. There are now two wires that need to be made safe (at the moment I just have tape around them). Would be grateful if someone could...

Many thanks to all for your help. I got the socket today from CEF, for less than a fiver. It is an RPP (M2). Twin terminals for each conductor, as on the one that I am replacing. Thanks

And thanks to you Spark 123. That confirms it. I can go to bed happy now.

Thanks for reply Marcam. I will ring up tomorrow morning and hopefully get this item at long last.

Hi Again Just checked the RPP (M2 Range) and the dual terminals are similar to the ones on the face-plate that I am replacing. I cannot find anywhere to get them online but there is a branch of City Electrical Factors about ten miles from me. Do they sell to the public or are they for trade...

Thanks for the replies. Will follow up the leads. Perhaps it would have been more accurate for me to have said that there are three terminals but each terminal has two screws that makes it easy to secure the wires.

I need to replace the face plate on a two gang plug socket. I accidently damaged the original socket moving some furniture. There are four cables coming out of the wall. Each cable has three wires (one earth, one live and one neutral). The original face plate had two terminals for the earth...