simon the viking
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Thanks for all the replies... General consensus seems to be yes i can, but don't if I can avoid it... Not sure I can avoid it !
thanks for the reply...very neat looking.... but i cant buy/scrounge them from work!WAGO 221 connectors are a lot more compact than circular terminal boxes or screw down connector blocks. I've used them in existing back boxes in my own house.
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….but if you send me your address by PM, you can scrounge three of them from me......thanks for the reply...very neat looking.... but i cant buy/scrounge them from work!
+1 to what @slowmotion says. Wagos are pretty much the de-facto standard for this sort of thing now. The 221’s are rated to 32 Amps, so will most likely be well within spec for your socket circuit, but it would be prudent to just check what the MCB of the circuit is rated to.thanks for the reply...very neat looking.... but i cant buy/scrounge them from work!
Or he could just move the socket by 2”.well what's the other option ? Running a whole new ring in ??
Good advice , or fit a wall mounted junction box upstream of the socket as pointed out by @twentysix by twentyfiveIf you can remove the back box see if there is room to fit a junction box behind and then bring your cables through.