Recent content by johnson1

Thanks everyone for the advice, bit long winded got there in the end.

It kind of looks right (in the diagram they have two sockets, one in the ring the other spurred off)..... is the point at which I connect the ring main together, should the cables extend and meet at the socket on the opposite wall before spurring off back through the wall to the new socket...

If I understand you correctly shoud it look something like proposal3 ?? Does it have to be crimps? Do they come with different ratings as you get with blocks?

I do get the point and fully understand the zone (ignoring those for now, which I don't intend to ignore when actually do the work). Attached is proposed (which I get the ipression is wrong) From what I am getting proposed2 would that be right? (ignore the dodgey drawings and the fact...

Ok, so are the two sets of cables the ring that is split by the socket??? And it already has another socket spured off of this going to another room. Are you saying that is wrong (not saying I have doen this its just how it is).

Its in the dining room. I can see which one goes off through the wall but what about the other 2 sets of cables?? Surely they are both just live cables. Could I connect one set onto the spur and then the remaining set to spur off to the new soocket? Are you saying porcelin blocks are a...

I need to move a socket about 5 foot from its current location. I have chiseled out to run a cable down and behind the skirting board. My question is joining the cables. I intend to use a 30amp porcelain block, leave this in the old socket housing and put a blanking plate on. I have also...