Hi,
I'm looking at the electrics upstairs in the bedroom (will be adding new sockets) and the sockets either have 4 cables connected to the face plate or 2 connected and one going through. It looks like the ring is done with two cables going out along one route and then connecting together at the last socket.
Is this fairly normal? seems fine in theory, especially I guess if alternate cables are used at each socket but I was wondering about ring continuity where all four cables are connected to the same face plate? (i.e. both sides of the ring are connected to each other and then the ring continues on round the room.. is this okay or do I need to disconnect two of the cables from the plate and join them directly to make the ring back into a proper loop rather than a 'figure of 8'
thanks
Trev
I'm looking at the electrics upstairs in the bedroom (will be adding new sockets) and the sockets either have 4 cables connected to the face plate or 2 connected and one going through. It looks like the ring is done with two cables going out along one route and then connecting together at the last socket.
Is this fairly normal? seems fine in theory, especially I guess if alternate cables are used at each socket but I was wondering about ring continuity where all four cables are connected to the same face plate? (i.e. both sides of the ring are connected to each other and then the ring continues on round the room.. is this okay or do I need to disconnect two of the cables from the plate and join them directly to make the ring back into a proper loop rather than a 'figure of 8'
thanks
Trev