I'll expect whoever did it just bunged in whatever he/she had on the van....
DSI have actually seen ring final circuits which had no sockets,
Confused? Someone (I think bernard) has a picture of one.
... a pile of JB's (and nothing else) 'on the ring', with one socket 'spurred' from each JB.
I've seen it done a couple of times, in bungalows. No problems.... a pile of JB's (and nothing else) 'on the ring', with one socket 'spurred' from each JB.
OK, I see. I hadn't noticed the typo (ommission) - but I feel sure that you are intelligent enough to have known what I meant, particularly given the context in which my initial statement arose.Hence, my confusion
That's obviously a valid theoretical point - although, unless/until I live for another 40+ years (which isn't going to happen!), I would personally probably be more 'worried' if they were MF !Interesting. Kind of a "distribution circuit" type design. Twice as many connections worries me though, MF or not.
As above, I can't argue with the theoretical concern. I do, however, wonder how common it actually is for problems to arise with undisturbed (usually hidden JBs). Like many/most others, I have lived with countless hidden, non-MF, JBs in my houses for decades, and have never had a problem - despite the 'awful state' they are often in (full of dead spiders and gunk) if/when one eventually sees them. I have certainly never personally experiences problems due to connections in JBs becoming loose.I very much like as few joins as possible, especially hidden.
OK, I see. I hadn't noticed the typo (ommission) - but I feel sure that you are intelligent enough to have known what I meant, particularly given the context in which my initial statement arose.
Kind Regards, John
"on the ring" (after "sockets").Thanks for the clarification. What was the omission ?
Indeed, but I'd nevertheless be interested to hear how often electricians are 'called out' because of such problems.Indeed. And we should bear in mind that electrician's experiences are dramatically skewed by the fact that they only get called to look at things when a JB has gone bad. Nobody calls them out when they've had JBs there for decades and have never had problems.
Maybe because they fester away under floorboards and, when they fail, it's the fire brigade that gets called out?The odd thing is that one does quite often hear about problems having arisen because of 'loose connections' at sockets and switches (particularly shower isolators) etc., but not that I can recall in relation to JBs.
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