When it comes to rewiring I follow the school of thought that you can't have too many sockets... With this in mind I have always been fairly generous when it comes to sockets in a lounge for a TV so as to cover all the extras: STB, BR/DVD, surround sound etc.The thing is; even putting in, say, three doubles, I've found the need to use a multi-way extension lead anyway and so for my next rewire I'm thinking I might just put one double socket in and then use short extension leads for everything given that they are all relatively low powered consumer electronic devices (i.e. not space heaters). This will then free up wall space for other sockets I generally need e.g. surround sound terminals, lighting points, Ethernet sockets etc.I was curious what others think/do? Perhaps rather than 'you cant have too many sockets' it should be more 'you cant have too many socket *locations*'?

I've got 4 doubles behind my TV.

In article Tricky Dicky wrote:TLC sell linking bars to space steel back boxes accurately.

In article Mathew NewtBut don't forget a hoovering socket. Unless you've gone cordless. ;-)

Number of mains sockets behind a TV?

Feb 05, 2019 Last reply: 7 years ago 24 Replies

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Dave Plowman (News 7 years ago

TLC sell linking bars to space steel back boxes accurately.

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Dave Plowman (News) 7 years ago

But don't forget a hoovering socket. Unless you've gone cordless. ;-)

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Dave Plowman (News) 7 years ago

Be nice if wall warts were available with an IEC plug. They'd likely need to be a different shape to a 13 amp one to stack, though.

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whisky-dave 7 years ago

Or for a dyson charger ;-)

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spuorgelgoog 7 years ago

A previous flat was so small I could hoover all of it without unplugging the hoover.

Owain

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