More DIY advice... moving a plug socket

[MontyVeda]

since cyclists are thee best source of advice on all sorts of subjects....

i'm moving my oven 500m along the wall, I need to move a plug socket otherwise it'll be behind the oven.

Regs suggest 300mm minimum distance from a hob, which means the cable to the socket isn't long enough, so I'm planning on extending it...

waterproof electric box, screwed to wall with a 30amp terminal block to connect the wires... the box will end up behind a kitchen unit just above the skirting board with the cable extension running vertically up the wall to the socket's new position. All the cable will be housed in trunking and there will be no chance of it being pulled from either end. I'm no electrician and to me this looks OK... am i creating an accident waiting to happen???

 

[User6179]

Black to black , brown to brown and blue to F--K

Did similar with the Choc box and was fine but would wait for someone with a bit more knowledge to give you thumbs up

Edit- one thing I would recommend is if you are in an old house with copper wire fuses is to get a spark to fit a new consumer unit .

 

[MontyVeda]

cheers eddy... most of the house is on old copper wire fuses, but the bathroom and kitchen did have a proper RCB fitted when the shower was installed in the summer.

 

[User6179]

cheers eddy... most of the house is on old copper wire fuses, but the bathroom and kitchen do have a proper RCB fitted along with the shower in the summer.

Worth getting the main board changed as when you have a faulty appliance it will trip the fuse, with the wire fuses it might not , when I changed mine it turns out my cooker was faulty .

 

[junglegusset]

I'd use a proper junction box rather than a chocolate block. http://m.screwfix.com/c/electrical-lighting/junction-boxes/cat830522

 

[User6179]

I'd use a proper junction box rather than a chocolate block. http://m.screwfix.com/c/electrical-lighting/junction-boxes/cat830522

I would as well but it looks like a spur of another socket so I think choc box is all you need.

 

[junglegusset]

Saying that just looked at those choc box things look okay, not used one myself. There must be a real electrician on here.. . . ..

 

[Deleted member 26715]

You have a big kitchen if you're move it 1/2 a kilometer away

Alan...

 

[User6179]

Saying that just looked at those choc box things look okay, not used one myself. There must be a real electrician on here.. . . ..

Aye the Inventor of the choc box was on dragons den with them and the dragons invested and think did well out of them, such a simple idea as well .

 

[User6179]

You have a big kitchen if you're move it 1/2 a kilometer away

Alan...

I stopped myself posting that lol

 

[400bhp]

If it's a spur just rewire the whole spur if possible, i.e. buy a longer wire.

 

[junglegusset]

400bhp, that's defo the best solution if it'straightforward.

 

[TonyEnjoyD]

If two cables going into the back of the socket, To check if a radial or ring circuit without diving into your distribution board (DB -aka fuse box) use a pen or marker and mark the cables a and b
Disconnect cable A, re tighten screws and plug a lamp in. If it doesn't light, it's a radial (string of sockets) and cable B is supplying power from the DB.
Repeat swapping A for B - if it doesn't light up, same as previous with A supplying from DB.
IF THE LAMP LIGHTS UP SEPARATELY with A and with B, it's a ring main looping out and back into the same fuse at the DB so a lot more complicated for you

REMEMBER TO SWITCH THE FUSE OFF BETWEEN CABLE SWAPPS SO YOU DON'T GET ELECTROCUTED.

 

[User6179]

Btw the electrics will be easy compared with removing the woodchip wallpaper

 

[cosmicbike]

Before doing anything, what are you planning to use the socket for?