Wall socket cable length?

[lilimop]

Hey there,

I'll be building an electrical socket on the other side of the room. While passing a wire through the wall I wonder, does length affect socket safety? Would a long cable going through a 2m long wall need to be protected in anyway to make it safer?

The wall is finished so I'll need to pass in a cable from one socket to the other.

Thanks

 

[DPG]

Is this the same socket you were going to wire up with the white flex?

 

[buzzlightyear]

I'll be building an electrical socket on the other side of the room. While passing a wire through the wall I wonder, does length affect socket safety? Would a long cable going through a 2m long wall need to be protected in anyway to make it safer

is the sockets RCD protected.

 

[lilimop]

Is this the same socket you were going to wire up with the white flex?

No, this is a different one. I've got a socket in one side of the kitchen and wanted to install another on the same wall, but about 2m away in the same room.

 

[DPG]

No, this is a different one. I've got a socket in one side of the kitchen and wanted to install another on the same wall, but about 2m away in the same room.

What sort of cable are you using for it?

 

[lilimop]

is the sockets RCD protected.

No, standard socket. Here is a picture:

 

[lilimop]

What sort of cable are you using for it?

I was going to be using a 2.5mm2 T&E

 

[DPG]

I was going to be using a 2.5mm2 T&E

Sounds like a good idea. What circuit protection is in place?

 

[lilimop]

Sounds like a good idea. What circuit protection is in place?

Not sure, this is what I have the electrical control panel:

 

[buzzlightyear]

Not sure, this is what I have the electrical control panel:

Yes looks like it is RCD protected, has a caution it would be adviseable to get a spark in to sort the job and
Make sure that RCD does it job.

 

[DPG]

That's a good sign, you have RCD protection. How confident are you that you can determine whether the socket is on an RFC, or a radial, or whether it's a spur from another socket?

Do you have test equipment?

Edit, Buzz's advice is good - if you aren't sure about things such as cable types and how to install them then I would also say get an electrician in to do this.

 

[lilimop]

That's a good sign, you have RCD protection. How confident are you that you can determine whether the socket is on an RFC, or a radial, or whether it's a spur from another socket?

Do you have test equipment?

I know how to determine if a socket is a spur socket. I'll only make this one a spur if I verify that the original one is not.

But I don't have test equipment.

 

[DPG]

I know how to determine if a socket is a spur socket. I'll only make this one a spur if I verify that the original one is not.

But I don't have test equipment.

Is it an RFC or radial?

 

[lilimop]

Is it an RFC or radial?

RFC

 

[lilimop]

That's a good sign, you have RCD protection. How confident are you that you can determine whether the socket is on an RFC, or a radial, or whether it's a spur from another socket?

Do you have test equipment?

Edit, Buzz's advice is good - if you aren't sure about things such as cable types and how to install them then I would also say get an electrician in to do this.

My main doubt is wether me putting a 2.5mm2 T&E cable from one socket to the other through 2m of wall would be a problem?

 

[DPG]

My main doubt is wether me putting a 2.5mm2 T&E cable from one socket to the other through 2m of wall would be a problem?

Not sure I fully understand the question. A 2m run of T&E shouldn't be a problem no.

 

[DPG]

Not sure I fully understand the question. A 2m run of T&E shouldn't be a problem no.

Have you got any photos - what is it about this that concerns you? I'm just concerned I've missed something.

 

[lilimop]

Not sure I fully understand the question. A 2m run of T&E shouldn't be a problem no.

Have you got any photos - what is it about this that concerns you? I'm just concerned I've missed something.

I don't know, I get a sense that cables going through long stretches of walls should be pined or stuck somewhere, along studs. I don't know if cables dangling within walls is the way to go.

 

[davesparks]

I don't know, I get a sense that cables going through long stretches of walls should be pined or stuck somewhere, along studs. I don't know if cables dangling within walls is the way to go.

What is the wall made of? It's pretty unusual to have a 2m long empty void in a wall that would allow the cable to dangle.

When running a T&E cable within walls it needs to be run within the defined safe zones for running cables, it can't just be run anywhere that seems convenient.