Number of sockets

[Taylortwocities]

Maybe it was this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ9Xk0Lln5Y
Do any of these look familiar (especially the first few)?
Is Tim Taylor a relative?

 

[chillout]

Thanks, alot of interesting answers here and that document was an interestin read! Im in UK and ceiling height is 8ft.
Im guessin the benefit of the extension adaptor is the surge protection it offers?
The office idea sounds quite good, i.e trunking -dado, but Im not sure what you guys mean!?

 

[ColJack]

surge protected is the way to go..
there's a lot of money plugged into one of those and the more expensive ones come with insurance should anything go wrong..

I believe that the "every corner and every 2 m along a wall" was in the OSG?.
at the very least there's a suggested number of sockets table in there.. though it's based on scotish regs..

 

[ColJack]

this is dado trunking ( the more expensive 3 compartment stuff, you can get cheaper 1 compartment stuff for just power )

you clip in the socket backboxes and wire them up..
you could put this on a wall over a double backbox and wire the sockets into the ring, then when / if you remove it you just put a double socket on the backbox and fill the screw holes..

 

[chillout]

Thanx I see what you mean now! Whats the advantage over normal sockets installed in wall (better height)?

Also will RF sockets be obsolete in a few years what with digital coming along.

Same with PCs. As most are wireless nowadays is it still worth putting a hardwired system in for the Internet?

 

[ColJack]

no advantage other than adaptability.. you need another socket, you just drop one in and break into the ring.
if they're in the wall that means chopping out the boxes.

by RF and digital I take it you mean aerial sockets etc?

they still use the same cabling mostly.. if you put in conduit drops to the tv points then you can change the cabling later to suit any new tech..

might be worth running a coule of cat 6 cables to each tv point from a central location also as you can then use that to distribute HD tv etc as well as phone and network..

 

[ban-all-sheds]

As most are wireless nowadays is it still worth putting a hardwired system in for the Internet?

If you have an "office", then absolutely.

Wireless will never be as fast or reliable or secure as wired. It's useful to have, so you can take your laptop outside etc, but if you know that if you're in the house you're going to be in one of a few fixed locations then have wired ports available. You can always opt not to use wired if you have it - you can't opt not to use wireless if you don't.

Plus Cat6 or 6a cable is also capable of distributing HD TV.

 

[ColJack]

Plus Cat6 or 6a cable is also capable of distributing HD TV.

Didn't I just say that ..?

 

[Steve]

I've just wired my house in cat5e that I got cheap on ebay

 

[Spark123]

Aren't your lights a bit dim?

 

[Steve]

Aren't your lights a bit dim?

LOL hmmm you know what I mean!

 

[ColJack]

no they're digital ones...
each light is on for a fraction of a second then the next light and so on until it's back to the first one..
so no matter how many lights you have on, you only use the same amount of power as one light..

 

[Spark123]

Do they go wrong when it is thunder or heavy rain like my sky digital ?

 

[OwainDIYer]

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

Reg 553.1.4: "Every socket outlet for household and similar use shall be of
the shuttered type, and for an AC installation, shall preferably be of a
type complying with BS1363."

 

[ban-all-sheds]

1) Is a plasma cutter a household device?

2) What's the definition of "shutter"?

3) You can get 60309 sockets with an interlocked switch - cannot insert a plug unless off, cannot turn on unless a plug is inserted, cannot remove the plug until turned off again. IMO that would be a 120.3 compliant departure.