Flush fitting blanking plate for unneeded socket

Are you sure the bookcase will be flush against the wall? I've always found that bookcases won't go right back because of the skirting board - unless you have no skirting.

Sounds fine - you're just replacing the terminals of the socket with those in the terminal block, like with like.

I think you'll find most blanking plates are at least slightly proud of the wall though (2-3mm) they are intended to cover over the damaged plaster edge, in the same way a faceplate does.

David

Or the furniture has a recess along the back to take the skirting. Not that you see that very often.

Can you get metal blanking plates to match the modern flush metal accessories you can get these days? That'll only be a couple of mm thick.

A 32A choc block in the box would be fine, it's still "accessable" in my book. Or you could fit a flush metal single socket...

The 32amp is only a rough guide to the size of cable which will fit. Use whatever size provides a good close fit for the cables, if high current is involved over lap the two wires inside the connector, so both screws tighten onto both cables.

For the cover plate-

Could you not cut a bit of sheet material (plastic or metal), which would fit within the box and held by the two screws?

Yes that's fine.

Plastic blank plates stick out from the wall by the same distance as a socket. If this matters you can get metal plates which are closer to flush

- only sticking out a couple of mm.

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