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Moving Socket in wall

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  • #32
    jhenno78
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    GreeBo wrote: »
    Presume anything they import they will stick a fuse into the plug anyway so no issues to them .

    But if someone in France buys a UK appliance that is not rated to take 16A as it expects to have a 13A fuse in the plug....
    Yeah sorry, I took you up wrong.


  • #33
    lgk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 589 ✭✭✭lgk


    jhenno78 wrote: »
    Not sure it would make a huge difference to the difficulty of moving a socket though?

    Should make no difference whatsoever. Many of the Euro CEE 7/3 sockets need to be recessed deeper than the Irish/UK ones due to the earth connections running along the side of the plug behind the pins (~40mm combined depth rather than ~25mm earth pin depth here) unless you want big ugly sockets protruding into the room. You see surface patress boxes used here as well, mainly for cheap re-wire jobs, but they are ugly and best avoided.


  • #34
    jhenno78
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    lgk wrote: »
    Should make no difference whatsoever.

    I guess you could argue that moving a socket on a radial circuit could be easier than a ring - you only have to worry about the length of one set of wires...but yeah, I don't see it either.


  • #35
    GreeBo
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    jhenno78 wrote: »
    I guess you could argue that moving a socket on a radial circuit could be easier than a ring - you only have to worry about the length of one set of wires...but yeah, I don't see it either.

    It would be easier in the scenario where you dont have enough slack and you need to make a connection and a new break in the ring I guess. You also wouldnt need to have a blanked out box where you made the connection (rather than just bury it in the wall :eek:)


  • #36
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,764 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    I think the OP got more than they bargained for in starting this thread about moving a socket a few inches :pac:


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