I'm putting on a new double 13amp wall socket - the old one was in need of replacement. My problem is that I've got 3 live, 3 neutral and 3 earth wires. It's an absolute dog to get all in their respective holes and stay there. Any suggestions to make things easier, please?
Too many wires
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3 wires is fairly normal and nothing unusual about it... tbh if you cant manage that then you need to be getting someone competent in to do so. get it wrong and bad things happen...
If you’ve got imperial cable, then some sockets don’t have big enough terminals to accommodate 3 cables
in fact some shed sockets can’t accommodate 3 metric cables
in fact some shed sockets can’t accommodate 3 metric cables
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Agreed it is probably a carp socket with inadequate terminals if you can't get 3 cables in and SECURE.
I still find MK one of the worst now and could not recommend them.
I still find MK one of the worst now and could not recommend them.
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I like Schneider Lisse.....MK are shytte
Click are ok
hager are also good
Wireplast YESSS own brand, look like Lisse and that's where it ends
Click are ok
hager are also good
Wireplast YESSS own brand, look like Lisse and that's where it ends
yep. hate the damn things. and only 1 earth terminal. no use at all then when buy a load of red ones to identify UPS supply on a high integrity circuit....
Well MK does stand for Making Krap
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MK used to be the only ones I fitted, fitted them for years and years, thought they were great, sad to see they are no longer up there.
Been fitting Click for about 3 or 4 years now.
Been fitting Click for about 3 or 4 years now.
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MK an a newspaper ad a few years ago
itbshoweed a double switch chef socket and the tag line "made in Britain
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im prettynsure that thatbis the ONLY MK item made here
i have had switches made in Vietnam, France etc. And what puts the bloody screws in the switches? Tighter than a 80s celebrities search history
itbshoweed a double switch chef socket and the tag line "made in Britain
"im prettynsure that thatbis the ONLY MK item made here
i have had switches made in Vietnam, France etc. And what puts the bloody screws in the switches? Tighter than a 80s celebrities search history
Same here , MK was top quality , domestic , grid switch range etc. I even remember some of the house bashing sparks would fit a cheap range of accessory throughout a rewire , Ashley & Tenby were a couple .....but the kitchen would have a couple of MK twin sockets to avoid any call backs when the kettle had burned out the cheaper brands.
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I always have a bit of nostalgia when I get to work on an old house that still has the probably 50 year old original MK sockets. Once you blow the dust off, they still exude quality, even to the point of having "brass" screws that are actually made of brass.
