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Advice on replacement wall socket please
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<blockquote data-quote="Richard-the-Ninth" data-source="post: 453163" data-attributes="member: 23472"><p>May I?</p><p></p><p>In the UK sockets are normally wired in a ring. You have broken the ring.</p><p></p><p>Yes it will "work" but the problem lies elsewhere. If you plug in too much to the ring you are likely to cause a fire as the cables will over heat. This never happens with a ring because there is a "duel supply" what you have done by breaking the ring is made all sockets have a single supply.</p><p></p><p>As an aside, the site you linked to is only a "blog" which means it is just the persons opinion. It was also written 6 years ago, and he has probably found out by now that what he wrote then is wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard-the-Ninth, post: 453163, member: 23472"] May I? In the UK sockets are normally wired in a ring. You have broken the ring. Yes it will "work" but the problem lies elsewhere. If you plug in too much to the ring you are likely to cause a fire as the cables will over heat. This never happens with a ring because there is a "duel supply" what you have done by breaking the ring is made all sockets have a single supply. As an aside, the site you linked to is only a "blog" which means it is just the persons opinion. It was also written 6 years ago, and he has probably found out by now that what he wrote then is wrong. [/QUOTE]
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