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Advice on replacement wall socket please
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<blockquote data-quote="ProDave" data-source="post: 453164" data-attributes="member: 6969"><p>That is simply bad and dangerous advice.</p><p></p><p>I will spell it out.</p><p></p><p>A ring circuit is a special circuit that allows cable that is "too small" to be used, because it is wired as a ring there are 2 bits of this "too small" cable connected in parallel, so the circuit is safe.</p><p></p><p>As you have now broken the ring the 2 halves of the ring are no longer connected in parallel.. It is now perfectly possible for you to use appliances that can overload the cable, without it tripping the circuit breaker. The first you will know is when the smoke appears from inside a wall somewhere.</p><p></p><p>When this happens, send the claim for the repairs to that website that has given downright dangerous advice.</p><p></p><p>Of course you can ignore the advice of several qualified electricians if you believe we are all wrong and some bloke on a hi fi blog is right.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProDave, post: 453164, member: 6969"] That is simply bad and dangerous advice. I will spell it out. A ring circuit is a special circuit that allows cable that is "too small" to be used, because it is wired as a ring there are 2 bits of this "too small" cable connected in parallel, so the circuit is safe. As you have now broken the ring the 2 halves of the ring are no longer connected in parallel.. It is now perfectly possible for you to use appliances that can overload the cable, without it tripping the circuit breaker. The first you will know is when the smoke appears from inside a wall somewhere. When this happens, send the claim for the repairs to that website that has given downright dangerous advice. Of course you can ignore the advice of several qualified electricians if you believe we are all wrong and some bloke on a hi fi blog is right. [/QUOTE]
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