Extended Sockets Wiring

[ptarmigan]

In Kitchen has been extended and would like to know what to do about the wiring so it is safe for future occupants as we hope to move,what was a single socket has been dropped down to just above the skirting,the original 2.5 drops from the ceiling and is in that oval plastic conduit and is about 15mm deep and then from the reversed back box with choc blok but 3cm of the cable is visible before it goes into copper pipe to the low level sockets,the house cu is rcd protected.
Would it be ok to cut a piece of galvanised capping to cover the visibe wire and replaster or do away with the sockets at floor level and move them up to where the back box is now,i put my hands up to this as years ago we did not have the proverbial pot to p in but would like a clear conscience for new owners,we would prefer the sockets low down as there is worktop on this wall and it will look a bit crap with wire hanging down if fitted where the box is now.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Not quite sure I followed all that, but,

you're not suppose to have single wires buried without either a sheath or conduit covering them.
Capping is not for covering single wires.

Also - does that back to front back box contain joints on the wires?
If so, screw connectors should not be buried.

Is there a possibility to put a socket where the back box is and rewire the lower socket with Twin and Earth?

 

[ptarmigan]

Thanks for the reply,
Its all te cable but the one going down i was a bit generous in stripping the sheath,did not think of having a single socket and then dropping from that to the double but if i do that am i ok with the plastic conduit on the top half and the copper on the bottom half?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Yes, that would be alright.

Is this circuit covered by an RCD?

 

[ptarmigan]

Yes 30Ma,plus it would save all the chasing out/making good which is what i want to avoid.
Thank you Sir.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Good.

Another consideration -

Is the original wiring, to top cable(s), part of a 32A ring circuit? Are there three cables under the box?
Only you're not suppose to have more than one socket on a spur.

 

[ptarmigan]

Thats a point there is only a single but it is original wiring from from when it was built as previous occupiers would not have done sweet fa to the place along with conductors are red and black which thinking about it is odd as the other sockets all have 2 cables,would it tell me on the eic what type of circuit it is.

 

[EFLImpudence]

would it tell me on the eic what type of circuit it is.

Probably not in enough detail but you never know.

What rating is the MCB that turns off this socket?

 

[ptarmigan]

32a and the circuit is not split up and down it's just the one mcb.

 

[EFLImpudence]

That would indicate that it is a spur.

Can you access the origin of the cable?

 

[ptarmigan]

Not without taking floorboards up,do you think i should just swing the box round and reterminate wiring and put a new piece of 2.5 in to the lower socket and fix a blanking plate that way allowing acces to the join.

 

[EFLImpudence]

do you think i should just swing the box round and reterminate wiring and put a new piece of 2.5 in to the lower socket and fix a blanking plate that way allowing acces to the join.

Yes, that would be acceptable.

 

[ptarmigan]

Thanks,another job for the list but an easy one for a change.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

ptarmigan - you would probably benefit from looking at these:

• http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/House_Wiring_for_Beginners
  
  
• http://kevinboone.net/electricity.html
  
  
• http://web.archive.org/web/20080213151445/http://www.kevinboone.com/domesticinstallations.html
  
  
• https://www.diynot.com/wiki/Electrics:index

 

[ptarmigan]

Thanks for those,now bookmarked.