Moving a plug socket 2ft - bare wago in backbox?

[PipeDownSoldier]

Hi all,

I need to move a 2gang plug socket 2ft horizontally across the wall. I will be keeping the old (metal) backbox and putting a blanking plate over the old socket.

To extend the wiring (which is ring main), is it sufficient to use 2 x three pole levered connectors like this one from Toolstation?

In Line Spring Lever Connectors 3 Pole 32A | Toolstation

www.toolstation.com

Or should I spend the extra and buy 6x Wago 221-2411 inline connectors?

In either situation (Toolstation or Wago) do I need to wrap these connectors in some other sort of housing?

Thanks in advance

 

[Sureitsoff?]

or you could use these

Ideal Industries In-Line Push-In Wire Connectors

With its small size and tool-free application, the SpliceLine® from Ideal Industries is a real time-saver when it comes to connecting wires in a wide range of installations – particularly prefabricated wiring, lighting and ring main circuits.Existing wire cut too short? Space too tight to use a...

www.toolstation.com

 

[EFLImpudence]

To extend the wiring (which is ring main), is it sufficient to use 2 x three pole levered connectors like this one from Toolstation?

Yes.

In either situation (Toolstation or Wago) do I need to wrap these connectors in some other sort of housing?

Not if they are in a back box with blank cover.

BUT:

Why don't you just leave the socket in place and run a spur from it?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Out of interest, what does this mean exactly?

 

[PipeDownSoldier]

Why don't you just leave the socket in place and run a spur from it?

The thought did occur to me. We are having fitted cupboards installed in the area where the old socket is. I would think it unlikely that I will ever need access to that socket again. That said, the carpenter said he can fit the socket plate flush with the cupboard interior so that I could have power inside the cupboard, so maybe not a bad idea!

 

[EFLImpudence]

That said, the carpenter said he can fit the socket plate flush with the cupboard interior so that I could have power inside the cupboard, so maybe not a bad idea!

That would be even better.

 

[bhm1712]

Out of interest, what does this mean exactly?

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If I recall, it means the connector is designed for 0.08-2.5mm2 solid core cable and up to 4mm2 flexible stranded cable.