Number of sockets
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Bedroom and office- d/s adjacent to bed for alarm / lighting. 3 x d/s for router / modem / pc- screen and CPU / printer.
Main bedroom- d/s either side of bed head, d/s by dressing table (lighting, hair drier, hair tongs), d/s on wall for TV and sky box, d/s in open space for hoover.
Lounge- d/s to each wall (4) plus 2 d/s for TV / sky /dvd/ games box plus 1-2 d/s for audio system.
Visualise each rooms set up, bed and furniture position being key.
Speakers, powered USB hubs, external hard drives, phone charger, desklight, possible 2nd system, firewall, scanner, more than one printer.....
DVD (possibly separate transport)
PVR
AV amp
Sky box
Games
Subwoofer
TV
Record deck
CD player (possibly separate transport & DAC)
Tuner
Music hard drive
MP3 player docking station
Pre-amp
Power amp(s)
Possibly powered speakers
BS546 sockets on the lighting circuits.
Plus don't forget the network sockets & Cat6/6a flood wiring...
You're surely not suggesting that an outlet be provided for each of those low current items.
Have as many as you need, as for additional ones in areas where tellys and computooters are going you could invest in a 6 or 8 way extension lead, with surge protection. If you are paying someone to do the work then having all these sockets installed is gonna be costly and although i am not a fan of under specced installation, if you end up with 8 to 12 double sockets in a box room it may look a bit odd when you have put 4 in a master bedroom.
Have as many as you need, as for additional ones in areas where tellys and computooters are going you could invest in a 6 or 8 way extension lead, with surge protection. If you are paying someone to do the work then having all these sockets installed is gonna be costly and although i am not a fan of under specced installation, if you end up with 8 to 12 double sockets in a box room it may look a bit odd when you have put 4 in a master bedroom.
my personal preference is to have a double socket in each corner of each room, then along walls at about 2 metre intervals (spaced to look symmetrical) just so you will always have one within a metre when you want to plug something in. One on each side of a chimneybreast.
for things like computers, tv, audio I prefer a multi-way adaptor rather than multiple sockets on the wall, which will look unsightly when you choose to put your tv on the other side of the room.
Kitchens and workrooms need plenty more, above worktop height, and here I go for a double every metre or every 600mm. Bedrooms need a double at each side of the head of the bed in addition to the corner ones.
A double at each end of the hall or landing for the hoover and/or table lamp, plus one in the middle if it is very long or you might want an aquarium or lamp there.
The standards for sockets per room are IMO rather mean.
for things like computers, tv, audio I prefer a multi-way adaptor rather than multiple sockets on the wall, which will look unsightly when you choose to put your tv on the other side of the room.
Kitchens and workrooms need plenty more, above worktop height, and here I go for a double every metre or every 600mm. Bedrooms need a double at each side of the head of the bed in addition to the corner ones.
A double at each end of the hall or landing for the hoover and/or table lamp, plus one in the middle if it is very long or you might want an aquarium or lamp there.
The standards for sockets per room are IMO rather mean.
Yes.
Tacky tacky tacky.
Trailing multi-ways are an expedient solution to an existing problem of insufficient sockets, not a component of a good initial design.
Dado trunking behind the desk would be ideal for the office - could easily be removed if the room is repurposed.
in work we have lots of dado on the desks, it's mk stuff with power bars and snap in sockets, sy flex to the wall into a 16a blue plug
i guess the same could be done at home if the desk has a back that you can't see when in use
i guess the same could be done at home if the desk has a back that you can't see when in use
Don't agree.
I currently have the TV stuff in one corner of one room, and the hifi stuff in another, and the PC stuff in another. I might one day decide to put them in different corners or different rooms. How many socket outlets do you think I ought to have in each corner of each room?
What height is the ceiling?
Not at home, as BS4343 plugs/sockets aren't suitable for domestic use as they're not shuttered.
Not true, I have one in my garden.
me too, got a 32a one in my garage for plasma cutter
Have you worked in America by any chance?
I seem to remember a 6 foot rule there, based on appliances having 3 foot cords? Or the numbers could have been 12 and 6 respectively, cant remember (was an episode of this old house)
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