spurs... downstairs

[ashm]

hello and thanks to all that answer,
please see the image attached, can i spur the downstars sockets? i know its not ideal but the original wiring was all spurred from j/boxes and i dont want to remove the plaster downstairs there are only 4 sockets downstairs and 10 upstairs. i have posted this question before but i thought the image would help.

thanks

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[davy_owen_88]

You got your answer here:

http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=79541&highlight=

Yes you can but no I don't recommend it.

 

[ashm]

i'm new to the 'forum thing' and clicked stop watching this topic before i read your reply. wasted loads of time on ms paint drawing that!!! thanks for your reply. think that chasing new cables is the way to go.

thanks again.

 

[davy_owen_88]

Yes, if you can chase in the new cables do so, but if not why don't you just rewire the upstairs sockets as one ring and leave the downstairs sockets as they are until you are ready to replace them with a separate ring?

Davy

 

[ashm]

the sockets upstairs were wired into the same strange radial curcuit, so i've now removed the old circuit to install a ring main, but this leaves the downstairs sockets as spurs! chasing for new cables is the best solution.

p.s can i chase a coaxial tv cable and a phone extension in the same channel, may as well do the lot if i can!

 

[RF Lighting]

I think the best option is to rewire downstairs as a ring, failing that feed the existing 'spurs' as a seperate radial.

You should keep a gap between mains and signal cables, as there may be some interference onto the coax's.





I also have some spurs downstairs at my house.

 

[davy_owen_88]

Snazzy

 

[JohnD]

Part of your working costume, I think