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I have a few round pin sockets in my sitting room - which I assume are BS546 (I don't know anything about electrics, but not bad at google!) as I have a light switch that doesn't appear to do anything. Is it possible to convert one of these sockets to a standard socket - or perhaps replace the...

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Thanks. Not sure what "earth core means" but the cable from the sitting room does have an earth wire, but it's just been cut off in the choc box, the cable from DVD player only as live and neutral. Does that make sense?

Thanks. Just came to same conclusion. I wonder why electrician didn't do this in first place. I thought he was quite good, but starting to have second thoughts.

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Mmmmm. Would have been a lot easier if electrician had simply run 4 plug socket extension cable from socket through wall into conservatory. As only a small hole in wall, I assume he could have cut plug off extension cable to thread through wall and then put plug back on = one extension cable...

Hi everyone. Thanks for the replies so far. I'll try and explain the set up I have. So, I moved into a house and I wanted TV and DVD player in my conservatory - but not plugs. As I'm knocking the conservatory down Ina few months I just wanted the simplest solution. An electrician came round and...

Can you help? I currently have a cable from plug socket to a choc block, with my DVD player connected to the choc block. However, I now want to have more electrical appliances where DVD is (e.g. Wii). What's the best way to do this (I'm not an experienced DIYer). I thought I could get a 4...