Adding Outside sockets to existing

[123bill]

Hi all ,
I understand that you can’t spur of off a spur , ideally adding sockets would best be done by splitting the ring and completing it. Currently have an outside socket on the back of the house which won’t be used at all but we have a decking area further up the garden which I want to add 2 sockets too , my question is ; can I turn the outside socket into a junction box and then run off that to a socket and then to the next socket ... or is there a better way ? I don’t want to do a complete ring obviously as it would be in armoured and that means 2 running up the garden. Any help appreciated.

 

[DPG]

it's not a spur off a spur. it's multiple sockets on a spur.

Apologies for my lax terminology. But you get my point eh Tel.

 

[littlespark]

The first sentence of the OP show the understanding of not having “a spur from a spur” so fishing out the relative reg number is a waste of time.

I suggested changing the original socket to a FCU as the OP also said he wasn’t bothered about keeping it in use, just the two new ones.

 

[DPG]

And does not contravene the regs.

So a question - would you be happy to have 5 double sockets connected as a spur from a socket on an RFC?

 

[telectrix]

And does not contravene the regs.

yes it does, as you have a single 2.5mm T/E cable protected by a 32A MCB. so In> Iz.

 

[Soi disant]

So a question - would you be happy to have 5 double sockets connected as a spur from a socket on an RFC?

Possibly.

 

[DPG]

Possibly.

And would you advise that the OP could do this in his situation?

 

[Soi disant]

They help the OP, by helping him, and everybody else, to actually THINK.

Think about how circuits work.

Think about what cable(s) you need for given loads.

Think about what you'd have to do to put 2 sockets on a radial cable.

THINK.

 

[DPG]

They help the OP, by helping him, and everybody else, to actually THINK.

Think about how circuits work.

Think about what cable(s) you need for given loads.

Think about what you'd have to do to put 2 sockets on a radial cable.

THINK.

And a suggestion was made to use an FCU to feed the OPs extra sockets. I think this is a fair idea. Don't you?

 

[littlespark]

I think the OP must be working as they’ve not responded to an RCD question. I suggest we stop discussing until we get an answer.

 

[Soi disant]

And a suggestion was made to use an FCU to feed the OPs extra sockets. I think this is a fair idea. Don't you?

It is a valid design, which also meets the desirable requirement for DP isolation.

But it does not change the fact that there are other designs which are also valid.