I need to replace a single 13 amp socket with a fused outlet. As there are
3 cables in the socket I would appreciate your advice on whether any makes of accessories are better than others at accomodating 3 cables - or are they all similar now?
All more or less the same really. Fused outlet and three T&E rally needs a 35mm back box. I've just done one in a 25mm box and it was very tight. I could not find one where the wire came out the front of the plate which would have left more room.
On Wednesday 31 July 2013 20:36 DerbyBorn wrote in uk.d-i-y:
All accessories can take 3 2.5mm2 cables by design (it's in the standards somewhere, I think). This has been true forever more of less.
What buggers you up is the despth of the backbox. 35mm is easy. 25mm deep is usually OK but can get a little cramped depending on how the cables come in and the size of the accessory gubbins.
Are you taking the fused load cable out the back as twin+earth? Don't forget you can make that cable smaller - eg 1.5mm2 as it is fused at 13A or less.
Tim Watts wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@squidward.local.dionic.net:
I want the cable to come out of the back (side knock-out) - it is a feed to a cooker hood. Currently it is a plug socket but I want to hide it behind something so I want a flat plate fused spur. The box is 35mm and is fairly well recessed.
When I needed a 2-gang, 2-way switch plate to take rather a lot of wires I remembered that an MK Logic Plus had angled terminals, so I got the switch - much easier than standard teminals.
BTW, at one time the SF page for the unswitched sockets in the same range claimed them to be double pole!
I quite liked a double 13 amp socket that I bought recently because the three terminal screws could all be accessed from the top.
The TLC GET Ultimate range usually have nice wide square terminals that make 3 or 4 wires relatively easy.
+1 A decent MK socket can save 10s of minutes of complete frustration. In the past I've used sockets of a lesser design and found them extremely difficult to fit, especially if there isn't of wire in the back box.
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