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It's never that straightforward. The cables drop from the ceiling once and run from socket to socket and includes the one I want to raise. The socket is behind a kitchen worktop which I will replace with one which will be higher, thus the need to raise the socket by about 15 cm. What you...

Wanted to keep it simple, but I did explain in the end.

I thought there wouldn't be much strain on the cables but just wanted to check as JB connections are with screws too but always need strain relief. In this particular case, I'd like to extend the ring circuit. In another case, I would like to move the socket further away but the cables are...

I'd like to use a choc block within a socket. That means it'll be in an enclosure and be accessible. What about strain relief on that choc block though?

I sorted it out more or less with the help of your various replies. I was looking at it all along on paper from a schematic point of view. On paper, a junction is just a dot and you can have as many wires coming out as you want. In practice things are a little harder. Also, I guess the...

Yes, that's correct. I was just analysing all this by drawing circuits on paper. Would have been much easier to expain that way. Yes, that's what I would like to know why, especially given that the socket is akin to a spur off the ring. Unless all this is simply down to what you said...

You can only have one spur off a JB or a socket. But the way a socket (not spur) is connected to the ring is like a spur already: Yet you can add a spur off it, so in a way it's 2 spurs from the junction where the socket connects to the ring. How come the JB is only allowed one spur then...

When there is one spur at the JB, all is fine. When adding a second spur from the JB, are you saying the load on the spur cable will become excessive? But the spur cable is connected from the ring circuit to the socket only. It is unaffected by what other spurs off the JB are doing.

Which cable will be under excessive load? it can't be the ring circuit as it can power 2 sockets if one is taken as a spur from the other.

Consider a socket outlet on a ring mains. Let's just look at the live connections and forget neutral for the sake of simplicity. There'll be one wire in and one out to complete the ring. But there's also a third connection out for the current, that being for the socket itself. Current flows...

How can the FCU make the connections easier? I don't know where in the ring circuit I will be connecting this spur but I plan to use it to power a TV. The existing socket so far is used to charge mobiles phone and power a small light. The cabling for the new socket should not be longer than...

I did have it in mind but I wanted to make sure that the design was OK first, which it seems it is. So the problem is with the large number of connections. A large number of connections in a JB could overheat it as well I guess? So what's the best way to go about connecting all these...

Here is my current setup: I wanted to raise an electric socket but the cables were too short, so I replaced the socket with a junction box within the ring circuit and from the JB, I created a spur to the socket. Now I would like to add an extra socket nearby. Since the JB already has a...

You mean terminate the duct to outside as it was supposed to be done? Not a bad idea but what type of tradesman can do it? There'll be no wiring involved now. I can't do it as I can barely get close to the eaves and I have no ladder. And frankly, I don't want to work in this dark dusty loft!

This over fascia ventilation, is it what I've described above? Unfortunately, I have a big problem with mould in my loft, which is why I started looking at the ventilation issue. It seems that as the fascia/soffit area is sealed, the fan was pumping all the steam from the bathroom into the loft...

I have an in-line extraction fan in the bathroom that goes through the ceiling, into the loft. I found out that my electrician ended the duct deep in the eaves, close to the soffit but without actually terminating into a vent that gives onto the exterior. So basically, the duct ends in the loft...