I need to replace the face plate on a two gang plug socket. I accidently damaged the original socket moving some furniture. There are four cables coming out of the wall. Each cable has three wires (one earth, one live and one neutral).
The original face plate had two terminals for the earth, two for the live, and two for the neutral wires. Trouble is I have had no success in finding a similar replacement in the local superstores. Could anyone tell me where I can get hold of a face plate with the same kind of twin terminals for each of the live, neutral and earth terminals??
Is there a particular name for them??
I can see that two terminals were necessary in order to hold the wires securely, as the standard faceplates only have one terminal for the live and one for the neutral (although, many have twin earths). Consequently the wires tend to slip out of the terminals when pushing the face plate back on to the back plate.
Would be grateful for your comments
Gray
The original face plate had two terminals for the earth, two for the live, and two for the neutral wires. Trouble is I have had no success in finding a similar replacement in the local superstores. Could anyone tell me where I can get hold of a face plate with the same kind of twin terminals for each of the live, neutral and earth terminals??
Is there a particular name for them??
I can see that two terminals were necessary in order to hold the wires securely, as the standard faceplates only have one terminal for the live and one for the neutral (although, many have twin earths). Consequently the wires tend to slip out of the terminals when pushing the face plate back on to the back plate.
Would be grateful for your comments
Gray