Loft Sockets

[Colin33]

Why not just wire the two cables you've cut (assuming they're in the loft already? ) into a socket (single or double) and just plug in a 4-way lead?? Would be fine if you're just running a power supply for cameras and DVR....

 

[Spoon]

Why not just wire the two cables you've cut (assuming they're in the loft already? ) into a socket (single or double) and just plug in a 4-way lead?? Would be fine if you're just running a power supply for cameras and DVR....

Expanding on this, you would do the first part "Why not just wire the two cables you've cut (assuming they're in the loft already? ) into a socket (single or double)" and then use your 2.5mm cable to spur to your second socket.
It sounds like you and a ring main in the attic. Is this correct?

 

[Colin33]

I s'pose from a diy point of view, the fewer connections done diy stylee (particularly in a ring main) the better

 

[HandySparks]

Maybe I've missed something, but do we know whether the existing socket circuit is a ring or not?

What's the circuit breaker rating of the relevant socket circuit?

And how big is the cable?

 

[wroenaldinho]

I think the cable i cut is linked to a bedroom socket which then feeds sockets on the wall to a tv point. The old owner must have put them in.

From the junction box i have now run a seperate cable to a new double socket and fastened it to the beam to get my cctv up and running but i still need another socket which i can do this week. Whats the best way to go around this now?

The circuit breaker upstairs sockets kills all power to them.

Thanks

 

[wroenaldinho]

I think the cable i cut is linked to a bedroom socket which then feeds sockets on the wall to a tv point. The old owner must have put them in.

From the junction box i have now run a seperate cable to a new double socket and fastened it to the beam to get my cctv up and running but i still need another socket which i can do this week. Whats the best way to go around this now?

The circuit breaker upstairs sockets kills all power to them.

Thanks

 

[Richard Burns]

I think perhaps you are slightly out of your depth for this installation.
Prior to actually cutting the cable you should be aware of what you are cutting into.
From your description it appears that the cable you have cut is a spur cable to another socket, this was originally acceptable, but what you have now done is not permitted. However this cannot be verified from your description.
The level of testing and the protection required for the cable to ensure safety becomes complex to describe without being on site. Local assistance from a suitable person at the premises may be a better alternative than attempting to interpret things over the internet.

 

[wroenaldinho]

The cable i cut is clearly a spur from an upstairs socket. The question is how do i go about putting the 2 sockets in now. I can leave the cable running through the junction box and take the socket off which makes it pretty much the same as before.

 

[Spoon]

I'm I right in this then. Just to get my head round this.
You have a 2.5mm cable in the attic. This cable is a spur coming from a socket in the bedroom that wires to a socket on the wall, near the tv, that the previous owner put in?

 

[Deleted member 26818]

If it's a single cable, then you need to replace the Junction Box with a Fused Connection Unit.
Then connect the two out going cables to the load side of the FCU.
Then for your second CCTV socket, you can just link it to the first one you installed.

 

[wroenaldinho]

I'm I right in this then. Just to get my head round this.
You have a 2.5mm cable in the attic. This cable is a spur coming from a socket in the bedroom that wires to a socket on the wall, near the tv, that the previous owner put in?

Yes correct it loops from a socket in the master bedroom to a socket high up on the bedroom wall as a tv point.