Wall Mounted Socket Outlet Ring Circuit From Db To Socket Outlet

In this video im showing how to move double socket outlet that is on the ring final circuit into another location using wago connectors.

Wall mounted socket outlet ring circuit from db to socket outlet.

All of the socket outlets will have two cables. Bs 546 two pole and earthing pin plugs socket outlets and socket outlet adaptors for ac 50 60 hz circuits up to 250v describes four sizes of plug rated at 2 a 5 a type d 15 a type m and 30 a. A flush mounted socket is the neatest solution but you must drill and chop out the wall to fit the back box. There are a number of different types of plug socket outlet so make sure that you choose the right one before you attempt to install a plug socket.

As described previously a ring circuit starts at the consumer unit connects to each socket outlet in turn and then returns to the consumer unit. A socket outlet is the familiar item mounted on the wall into which a plug can be inserted. The plugs are polarised and unfused. Extending a ring circuit using a junction box extending an existing ring final circuit.

Wiring is the same as for the radial circuit. This video explain how to add another socket outlet to an existing ring circuit also called a spur from the ring circuit. Proceed like this until you come to the last 13a socket outlet. Flush mounted outlets are the most common and obviously the neatest.

In the case of a ring final circuit each unfused spur may only feed one single or one double socket outlet or a single item of current using equipment. From each 13a socket outlet you can wire for another 13a socket outlet which is called a. A single socket outlet is rated at 13 amps. Diy stores sell surface or flush mounted sockets.

Here you do not connect another set of cables back to the distribution board. Surface mounted sockets are easier to install as the wires are fitted into the box not the wall. From the second socket outlet take another set of 3 wires from l n e and connect to the third socket outlet. They consist of a steel backing box recessed and fixed into the wall and a faceplate which screws on to the front.

To check if a socket outlet having two cables is in a ring circuit again examine the adjacent outlets. If one has three cables and the other has one the outlet is the first of two on a spur but if both adjacent outlets have two cables it is part of a ring circuit and may be safely converted to a double. Both brown wires connect to the live or l terminal. A few manufacturers also make triple and quad versions.

Only one unfused spur supplying either a single 1 gang or 2 gang socket outlet should be connected to any accessory forming a part of the circuit appendix 15 of bs 7671 refers. It is available in single and double types.