Wall Media plate wiring

[efchutchy]

Can anyone help please?
I am trying to wire back this media plate into the socket. It's all colour coded on the plate, but whoever has fitted the plate has folded over half of the brown, neutral and earth wires and taken some of the sleeve off and folded the wire over.

Any idea which wires need to go where on the plate?

 

[Nozzle]

I'll bet you wish you took a photo before rather than after - a tip for the future

It's wired up just like a normal double wall plate, the 2x twin & earth in the back box are the ring final. Choose whichever double socket is closest to the top of the wall plate, brown to Live, blue to neural. Then the extra wires loop over to the other socket.

Green circles are for the easiest plate to acces, red for the other. Make sure both plates have an earth.

PLUS - wire an earth to the back box too!! (and make sure there are grommets at the holes.
Mains and signal in the same box. "Nice"

 

[sparkwright]

Connect the folded the continuous wires to one socket, the cut ends to another socket.

You should be able to tell which set of wires comfortably reach which socket.

 

[bernardgreen]

This is for the mains wiring

You also need to connect the Earth terminal on the back box to the Earth wire.

 

[sparkwright]

I'll bet you wish you took a photo before rather than after - a tip for the future

It's wired up just like a normal double wall plate, the 2x twin & earth in the back box are the ring final. Choose whichever double socket is closest to the top of the wall plate, brown to Live, blue to neural. Then the extra wires loop over to the other socket.View attachment 255592

Green circles are for the easiest plate to acces, red for the other. Make sure both plates have an earth.

PLUS - wire an earth to the back box too!! (and make sure there are grommets at the holes.
Mains and signal in the same box. "Nice"

Your text and use of coloured circles imply that one socket should have three wires, and one socket should have one. That would make one socket to be a spur, which isn't really necessary.

 

[Nozzle]

Your text and use of coloured circles imply that one socket should have three wires, and one socket should have one. That would make one socket to be a spur, which isn't really necessary.

Yes, I had a spur in mind.

Nozzle

 

[efchutchy]

This is for the mains wiring


View attachment 255593

You also need to connect the Earth terminal on the back box to the Earth wire.

Worked a treat, thanks. I've put the earth cable in the bottom left hand corner of the backing box into the terminal, assume that will be ok?

 

[sparkwright]

Worked a treat, thanks. I've put the earth cable in the bottom left hand corner of the backing box into the terminal, assume that will be ok?

Possibly not.

Is this an ADDITIONAL earth wire, or one of the existing?

Send a full picture please.

 

[efchutchy]

Possibly not.

Is this an ADDITIONAL earth wire, or one of the existing?

Send a full picture please.

Thats an additional earth wire. See picture attached please. One has been wired into both double plug sockets. The other earth wire I have wired into the backing box terminal.

 

[sparkwright]

That's no good, as you have broken the earth ring continuity.

Remove that earth wire from the back box, and put it with the other earth wire on the TOP socket.

When you can, find an off cut of wire, and fit between box terminal, and one of the socket earth terminals.

 

[efchutchy]

That's no good, as you have broken the earth ring continuity.

Remove that earth wire from the back box, and put it with the other earth wire on the TOP socket.

When you can, find an off cut of wire, and fit between box terminal, and one of the socket earth terminals.

Assume it'll be ok to trim down the longest earth wire to make an offcut to use between bottom earth socket and box terminal?

 

[sparkwright]

No, don't shorten anything. Get a scrap piece of cable. Cut an old extension lead up or something, and use the green and yellow in that, for now at least.

You need a bit for your other project (the light switch topic).

(This media socket MAY not even need it's box earthing - because is if the faceplate is metal, and is contact with the socket earth, the back box gets earthed when the faceplate screws are tightened up.)

 

[efchutchy]

No, don't shorten anything. Get a scrap piece of cable. Cut an old extension lead up or something, and use the green and yellow in that, for now at least.

You need a bit for your other project (the light switch topic).

(This media socket MAY not even need it's box earthing - because is if the faceplate is metal, and is contact with the socket earth, the back box gets earthed when the faceplate screws are tightened up.)

The media faceplate is plastic. I've decided to keep as is as it's a complete faff of a fitting...Barratt homes have bonded the backing box on all 4 sides with 'No Nails' or some other strong bond by the looks of it. So will just leave the hassle and put a side unit over the sockets to cover up the fact that the faceplate isn't metallic like the new switches.

 

[efchutchy]

No, don't shorten anything. Get a scrap piece of cable. Cut an old extension lead up or something, and use the green and yellow in that, for now at least.

You need a bit for your other project (the light switch topic).

(This media socket MAY not even need it's box earthing - because is if the faceplate is metal, and is contact with the socket earth, the back box gets earthed when the faceplate screws are tightened up.)

All sorted now with the media plate and light switch. Thanks for your help.