Joint cables inside back box?

[neil2jo]

Are you an electrician? I don't think so. I will try to explain WHY my suggestion is perfectly acceptable. Take off the high level socket front. Crimp ONE LEG OF THE RING and extend it to the next socket. bring the return leg from the new socket back to the high level one and re-terminate.

This is how you extend a ring. If you want to have more sockets, simply take the crimped extended leg to the new furthest pint and work you way back.

Is this simple enough for you?

And Miketwinny, I suggest you learn to read before liking dumb posts.

your actual original post reads
'why not keep the original socket and make the others part of the ring. you only have to extend one cable then.'


therefore only extending '1' part of the ring is to in affect make a radial/spur from the ring

as you rightly state extending both cables to open the ring is fine...but is not what you originally wrote!!
However no where have you wrote that you should check its a ring as this could be half way through a radial, or check demand etc etc etc

In answer to your question yes I am an electrician and one of the first registered with NICEIC scheme back at part P launch plus time served way before the scheme, not that has anything to do with getting it right or wrong

However it would seem your use of English and gramma when forming sentences, is mis-leading therefore asking the question 'did you go to school'...i dont think so!! lol

 

[Tonkatoy27]

Hey guys, before this degenerates any more into an insult swopping session lets knock it on the head now. I read Voltz's post as exending the ring, Neil obviously didn't. A simple misunderstanding of terminology by Neil coupled with an uncalled for questioning of compentance from Voltz.
Kiss and make up eh.

 

[Miketwinny]

If the OP keeps the original double socket of the ring he will have to extend one cable with crimps.If he makes it redundant he will have to extend the ring and have two crimped connections left in place of the original double socket in an in-line JB.:nopity:

 

[VoltzElectrical]

your actual original post reads
'why not keep the original socket and make the others part of the ring. you only have to extend one cable then.'


therefore only extending '1' part of the ring is to in affect make a radial/spur from the ring

as you rightly state extending both cables to open the ring is fine...but is not what you originally wrote!!
However no where have you wrote that you should check its a ring as this could be half way through a radial, or check demand etc etc etc

In answer to your question yes I am an electrician and one of the first registered with NICEIC scheme back at part P launch plus time served way before the scheme, not that has anything to do with getting it right or wrong

However it would seem your use of English and gramma when forming sentences, is mis-leading therefore asking the question 'did you go to school'...i dont think so!! lol

I think the clue in my post is 'make the others part of the RING', in no way suggests that the OP form a radial from the ring. Not sure why you read it that way. Anyways, I did go to school, then became an English teacher for 3 years!

The sun is shining, and I'm off to walk the dog. I'm not on here to make enemies and shouldn't have called your expertise in question. That was uncalled for and I apologise. I was grumpy this morning because the same dog got me up at 4 o'clock this morning!

 

[Guitarist]

Yes it can be done, It is called a Parallel Connection, just don't forget to use proper wire gage or bigger wire diameter, just in case to avoid overload connection and overheating of wiring..

I love random comments...

 

[HandySparks]

I love random comments...

I suspect that spam is imminent, once he's got his post count up.