I must move a dual 13 amp socket which will be behind a new cooker splash back into a tiny space between the splash back and a window. Still at planning stage.
Anyone know of a "one above the other" dual 13 amp socket? never seen one myself.
You could put two single sockets in a dual box mounted vertically. Otherwise I've never seen anything like this and doubt whether it would save any space since the top plug flex has to clear the bottom plug.
But how would you fix the sockets into the box? Surely the threads would be
90 degrees out?Why not just fit the socket sideways?
You use a dual box with 4 lugs like this...
That would look "funny" and almost certainly won't be SWMBO complient!
|>> You could put two single sockets in a dual box mounted vertically. |>> Otherwise I've never seen anything like this and doubt whether it |>> would save any space since the top plug flex has to clear the |>> bottom plug. |>
|> But how would you fix the sockets into the box? Surely the threads would |> be 90 degrees out? | |You use a dual box with 4 lugs like this... |
:-) I have good control over my SWMBO, as long I do not interfere with cooking etc.
On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:39:40 +0000 someone who may be Dave Fawthrop wrote this:-
Doubt if there are any, due to the need to provide for the flex emerging from the plug.
If the "sideways" option does not find favour then, assuming the twin socket is on a ring, two single sockets with a little space between them may be the answer.
Sockets too near cookers are not a good idea, as heat and flex don't mix too well.
I also used a similar box to place a 'phone and a TV coax outlet , oe above the other in a narrow place.
On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:11:14 +0000 someone who may be Dave Fawthrop wrote this:-
No, she lets you think you have good control:-)
MK do a dual surface box (takes two normal single items) which is slightly wider than a 'double' box. It has lugs and screw holes on all sides of each section, so you can mount the items any way up. K2025WHI was the one I used.
My father advised me shortly after I discovered girls; "The more a man thinks he is in control of a woman, the more the opposite is actually the case".
He was spot on :-)
It's a wise child ...
:-)
Mary
She obviously does it well too.
The alternative isn't worth the candle.
Mary
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The only vertical 13A sockets I've seen are in 19" racks and are manufactured by OLson
The picture does illustrate a problem you haven't considered and nobody else has mentioned, though. If you fit the sockets in a twin box of some kind, you will only be able to use one at a time as the cord from the upper plug obstructs the lower outlet (or the lower plug obstructs the cord from the upper plug, if you prefer!)
(I speak with some experience, having once put 13A sockets in the plinth of a built-in wardrobe and then found that they were a tad close to the floor!)
Terry
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Yes, we haven't put sockets on skirting boards for years because of that. Most modern cables are far more substantial and less flexible than older ones.
Mary
On 10 Jan 2007 03:06:06 -0800 someone who may be "Terry" wrote this:-
A few people have mentioned the problem you go on to outline.
I don't think that's a problem with the solution I and others outlined; the sockets are sufficiently far apart for it not to be a problem.
Mounting at 45=B0 is even better. It looks like they're meant to be this way and "vertical", but it avoids the cables getting in the way. I've not seen "domestic" box mounting sockets for this but it's common enough in the "equipment racking" world. I think mine came from Brennenstuhl.
What - like that king who imprisoned his wife and mother in law in a wicker cage on the North Wall of Berwick Castle for three years and fed them just enough to be kept alive?
Now there was a guy in charge of his marriage!
What happened to the backwards plugs - a bit deeper than normal and the cable same out by the earth pin?
Just what I was thinking. For a DIY 1-off it wouldn't be too time consuming to buy a couple of MK 734s or 735s and mount them on your own metal front plate. That would give you a 2-gang unswitched socket. Switching, if required, could be provided using separate switches, e.g. a 2-gang 20 A DP switch assy made up from gridswitch parts.
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