Spurring off a single socket in each room

[securespark]

Not as far as I am aware, although, I would be happy to be corrected.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

So I know I'm new here, but I must have missed the part where b-a-s is solely responsible for all advice offered on this forum.

So have I.

You certainly act as if this is your responsibility / gift whatever

I act as if I am one of the people giving advice.

but why do you feel that you must challenge other people's opinions because you have some kind of deep-rooted requirement that you must protect all other forum members?

Because incorrect advice must be challenged, end of. It is a responsibility shared by all.

And anyway - if you are so concerned that other people's opinions should not be challenged, why have a go at me? If you'd care to go back and read it again, you'll see that it was EFLI who challenged my advice, so you should be telling him that he should have kept quiet. Assuming, that is, that you are being consistent and even-handed in your criticism.

I'm happy to sign up to a "I absolve b-a-s from all responsibility if, in turn, he stops commenting on my threads" clause if that makes you feel better?

It doesn't work like that. Particularly when it is a case of me defending myself against unjustified criticism.

 

[EdTurtle]

Yup.

Instead of this:

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this:

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My contention is that it really is no harder, and no more disruptive, and doesn't introduce any hidden joints, to run 2 cables to the new socket instead of one.

And contrary to those with the imagination and foresight of an amoeba, I can see that there might come a day when you'd rather have the new socket on the ring than on a spur, and that it cannot be said with certainty that it is utterly impossible for that ever to happen.

Thanks, this is actually helpful, as i had (not an exaggeration...) two sockets in a 30 foot lounge, one single socket either end... So I wanted much more sockets, but could only add three each end (single to double then a double spur). This way i can just extend the ring along the wall, and actually have a meaningful number of sockets, especially as every single room in the house needs extra sockets, it would be a lot of spurs, and one room already has a spur that controls the central heating so I though i was stuck with one socket in that room!

Thanks

 

[EFLImpudence]

Yes, this is a different situation than the OP was proposing.

You will want to put all the new sockets on the ring.

Determine which is the cable that runs from one existing socket to the other, break into it, and install as many new sockets as you want between the two existing ones.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

jmallows - some points to note:

• There are restrictions on where concealed cables may run: https://www.diynot.com/wiki/electrics:walls
• The guidance for maintaining the strength of walls is for the depth of horizontal chases to be no more than ¹/6 of the thickness of the wall (for vertical it's ⅓, so unlikely to be a problem)
• The socket circuit needs to be RCD protected

 

[EdTurtle]

Assuming my walls are five inches thick, that means i can go to just over 20mm deep then? The sockets are next to each other as well, so the distances of the chases are no more than 10cm. I am fairly certain the circuits are all RCD protected, but i will check first.

Thanks both

 

[JohnW2]

Assuming my walls are five inches thick, that means i can go to just over 20mm deep then?

For horizontal chases, yes - and double that for vertical ones.

Kind Regards, John

 

[Risteard]

Is BAS a qualified electrician?.

No. For the avoidance of doubt, nor has he ever been.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

And nor have I ever claimed otherwise.

Feel free, at any time, to put forward a logical and reasoned argument of how that affects any advice I may give.

For the avoidance of doubt, ad-hominem attacks will not count.