sockets

Hello, Have recently swapped out my electric shower for a gas one, therefore leaving me with a 40amp supply in my attic that is no longer required. I would like to repurpose this supply and use it to power a radial circuit for sockets in my attic. Would this be possible if I placed a 13amp...

Hi, I currently have a radial circuit in my kitchen servicing 4 double sockets using 2.5mm flat TaE on a 16amp breaker. I'm looking to add a further 6 double sockets on to this existing circuit. Would this be possible without replacing the 2.5mm cable and just replacing the breaker for a 20amp.

Hi, New here just wanting to check if my idea can be put into reality. I'm having a kitchen fitted and what I've found is a cooker outlet it seems? My idea is to change this to a plug socket for a dishwasher going in it's place. The outlet currently has a switch above the worktop which...

Hi, I’m currently wiring all the sockets and lighting in the new kitchen extension. I run in to a problem where I need to take the cables around two corners. From my understanding safe zones don’t carry around corners. The roof above the sockets is pitched and there’s a steel beam. Do I run the...

Hi, I'm not bad a basic electrician work. Done a few bits in the past but I can't seem to find any help online with this problem. I want to take the power from a generator (Outside) through the generator lead to a wall socket (Outside the house) then feed a cable through the wall to a UK dual...

So today, I change the front face on a double socket that is located near the door in a bedroom. There is another double socket located near the window. Both worked fine. After changing the one near the door. The one near the window now doesn’t work. Any thought? Just as a side note the one...

My plasterboard boxes are approximately the same width and height as the sockets. The sockets have bevelled edges. Most YouTube guides I've watched recommend leaving a few mm gap between the edge of the box and tile, but that applies to metal back boxes which are somewhat smaller than the...

Hi all, Possibly a bit of an odd request, possibly not... I'm currently having a house built, and we plan to build Alexa devices flush mounted into the walls as the smart home control. I am struggling to find a neat way of powering them though. With the modules flush mounted into the walls...

Hello, I'm not a pro, but a competent person. I rent a property and want to ask my landlord's permission to add two sockets to the kitchen ring main, plus a fused spur for a dish washer. (or hire a pro of the landlord prefers. although my LL is a bit old school so could be up for me doing it)...

Hi all, This is possibly more of an exploration / discussion question than anything. Is there anything in the wiring regs that would cover fitting non UK sockets in a UK installation? As an example: I have a Wi-Fi Hub for my Smart door locks, which is a sealed EU unit, obviously I could just...

Hi, First time poster so be gentle. My wife has asked if she can have a power socket in the greenhouse in our garden for the simple greenhousey stuff... water triggering, hydroponics etc, nothing thats heavy in load. No lights. The plan is to tap off our RCD protected ring from the garage...

Hello I’ve recently had all my internal, upstairs walls (paramount partition board ) taken out and replaced with 90mm studwork. I’ve just put 12.5mm plasterboard on and was wondering if it’s better to cut the holes for the sockets before, or after, it’s plastered? Thanks

Hello I’ve recently had all the internal walls (paramount partition board ) upstairs taken out and replaced with 90mm studwork. I’ve just put 12.5mm plasterboard on and was wondering if it’s better to cut the holes for the sockets before or after it’s plastered? Thanks

I am working on an old house with lathe walls. While I was relocating sockets I noticed that when I had disconnected a socket all other sockets became inactive, until I reconnected the socket. This only happens downstairs; upstairs is normal. Why does this happen? Weird wiring, or an error?

So I had a room in my house with no plug sockets, It was a very old room and I wanted to use it as a small office. It needed plugs, 3 doubles to be precise. The room was bare brick so I plaster boarded on dabs. To install the plugs I created a spur off a plug on a ring main in the room...

Hi Folks, I have a commercial kitchen in an industrial building which has a single ring of 6 x double 13a plug sockets. I have just bought a commercial oven and a coffee machine which both need to be wired into an FCU. Ideally I'd love to add a new fuse in the consumer unit and wire both on...

I am looking to add a socket to a ring main, the existing cable in a concrete wall will be too short can I just use any connector and fit inside some trunking, I don't really want to chase wall. If npt do you have any advice of what connectors to use to add a lenght of cable, preferably that...

I am looking to install an electric radiator on left hand side of an existing double socket on ring main, the radiator needs to be hardwire with a fused switch, I was then wanting to add another double socket to the right hand side of existing double socket to power my tv, is this possible if I...

I am looking to install an electric radiator on left hand side of an existing double socket on ring main, the radiator needs to be hardwire with a fused switch, I was then wanting to add another double socket to the right hand side of existing double socket to power my tv, is this possible if I...

Afternoon all, Is there a rule of thumb when it comes to earth leakage for desktop PC, printers etc? Or is it dependant to the individual appliance? I have been asked to add a few sockets to a local business, nice and straightforward, so I believed until I saw the CU which has no RCD...