I'm about to wire up a double socket with 2 live cables, 2 neutral cables and 2 earth cables. I know what to do and where they go but I just wondered what the most effective method is of positioning each pair of cables into their respective screw terminals? Should they be twisted together, or should they be kept indenpendent but put in on top of each other, or side by side? Some of the sockets have a bit of room either side of the screw which means that it's possible to think a cable has been screwed down but in fact it hasn't as it's off to the side which can cause it to slip off when fitting the socket plate to the wall. Cheers.
Wire Up Double Socket
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Don't twist single strands, just push them in, they will settle side y side as you tighten the terminal screw. Only if the terminal is too big for the wire size, will the screw miss the wire, in which case the wire end should be folded or doubled up. The final task, is to give each wire a tug to make sure they are clamped, then make sure the screw is still tight.
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