My parents bungalow:- They have a pair of sockets behind their TV and 1 by a door. Checking out in the loft and behind the sockets, the ring main comes in and leaves each socket = 2 cables down each conduit to each socket point.
They want to be able to have 3 sockets behind the TV, switch 2 of them from switches by the door, 1 switched in situ AND have the socket by the door still working. [ The idea is 1 behind the telly stays on most of the time for the aerial amp, but they like to switch the rest off at night but are getting too old to reach behind the telly & would like switches elsewhere.]
Could I:-
1, Cut and link the ring in the loft to maintain that integrity.
2, Spur to the socket by the door with 1 of the existing cables [Live/Neutral]
3, Spur to a socket behind the TV with 1 of those existing cables [Live Neutral]
4, Take Live from the door spur to feed a pair of switches and use the other cable at that point to take 2 switched Lives into the loftspace. [Effectively allowing 3 sockets on 1 spur]
5, By means of junction box, link those switched lives back down to the sockets behind the tv, on 1 of the existing cables - connecting the Neutrals to the spur [No.3 above].
I'd consider using 2 x 3 core + earth & trying to feed a couple of lengths down the conduit, but only see it available in weights for lighting & not sockets.
Am I asking too much for 1 live to feed 3 sockets & 1 neutral to return from 3 sockets - or should I just look at any point in the ring and say to myself it could be feeding or returning 10 or 15 different sockets at that point so the stress is not too great?
Though I'm looking forward to my inheritance, I'm not in need of it just yet............... Heh!
They want to be able to have 3 sockets behind the TV, switch 2 of them from switches by the door, 1 switched in situ AND have the socket by the door still working. [ The idea is 1 behind the telly stays on most of the time for the aerial amp, but they like to switch the rest off at night but are getting too old to reach behind the telly & would like switches elsewhere.]
Could I:-
1, Cut and link the ring in the loft to maintain that integrity.
2, Spur to the socket by the door with 1 of the existing cables [Live/Neutral]
3, Spur to a socket behind the TV with 1 of those existing cables [Live Neutral]
4, Take Live from the door spur to feed a pair of switches and use the other cable at that point to take 2 switched Lives into the loftspace. [Effectively allowing 3 sockets on 1 spur]
5, By means of junction box, link those switched lives back down to the sockets behind the tv, on 1 of the existing cables - connecting the Neutrals to the spur [No.3 above].
I'd consider using 2 x 3 core + earth & trying to feed a couple of lengths down the conduit, but only see it available in weights for lighting & not sockets.
Am I asking too much for 1 live to feed 3 sockets & 1 neutral to return from 3 sockets - or should I just look at any point in the ring and say to myself it could be feeding or returning 10 or 15 different sockets at that point so the stress is not too great?
Though I'm looking forward to my inheritance, I'm not in need of it just yet............... Heh!