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That makes a lot of sense. I've actually replaced the cable now with a single piece, which wasn't too much work in the end but this is the first room in the house to be decorated so I'm sure I'm going to come up against this again as I move onto the next rooms. Many thanks for all the...

Breezer - no, unfortunately there's not enough cable already there to go between the sockets. Thus easy option would have been to join a piece of cable on to run to the new socket rather than refeeding from the old. But, erring on the side of caution I've decided to replace it with a...

So there's nothing inherently dangerous about them, it's just about where they're positioned? I only need to use one and it will be under the floorboards one joist away from the wall. Is this under the umbrella as "accesible"? Thanks Scott

Hi I've read in a few places on the forum that you shouldn't use JBs to extend ring circuits. Why is this? Any reference site or book I look at suggests two methods - using exisitng sockets, or using junction boxes. I've tried searching on the forum to find an answer but can't see...