Wiring up a Double Socket 🧰🛠
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- Опубликовано: 15 фев 2022
- In this short video I demonstrate how to connect up or wire up a twin socket outlet BS 1363. The technique works for wiring up both double and single sockets.
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🔵 How To Terminate (Connect Up) a Twin Socket Outlet BS 1363 (How to Wire a Double Socket)
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How To Terminate (Connect Up) a Twin Socket Outlet BS 1363 (How to Wire a Double Socket)
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Are there any obvious ways to identify a single or double pole socket outlet? The Crabtree single and double pole look identical. Thanks Gaz 👍🏼
Beautiful
Knife for stripping cables 🤔 i would have chopped my hand like that 😂😂
I wanna add something that I've learnt, if you have to ground the wire at any given point when doing electrical work, make sure the ground wire has more wire INSIDE the item you're grounding, this is done so that when or if the item is pulled, and a connector comes loose, the ground wire will be the last to detach, meaning there's a smaller chance of hazards.
That's one of the reasons a UK 3 Pin plug is designed the way it is :-)
@@tazdevil875 And Ceeform plugs.
Was taught that the most important termination was the Earth/ground wire. The line connections failing stop the circuit working, the CPC failing stop it being safe
@@tazdevil875 Exactly!
But really how often is someone pulling on a wire that's terminated into a socket bedded into a wall?
Seems like one of those solutions to a non-existent problem.
Very nearly qualified and have found all your videos so informative and helpful. Thank you!!
Massive thanks for the support and watching. Gaz 👍🏻
I thought you only double over when only a single conductor is being put into a terminal, what is the need when there is more than 1 cable in the terminal ?
Thought the same
I've been told not to double over at all 🤦🏻♀️
Same 👍🏻
Because if you don't double over then you have a single conductor width which may not be properly under the screw when it is tightened down.
When you have two single conductor widths of wire in the terminal, one may be pushed off to the side and not fully under the screw.
Do not double over when more than one wire! And not so good practice spliting the earth continuity. This guy can't be a trained spark, is he an armchair spark? His how to fit wagos in a jelly box for a submersible pump was a little suspect as well. It was an ip rated box until he demonstrated it.
I've come across that separating the cpcs causes high Continuity reading so it makes it a pain in the ass to go back and open all the sockets and put both cpcs together to bring down to a satisfactory reading.
Amazing thank you plain and simple easy to understand 😊
You can tell this guy is a pro 😉the moment I see the dude showing up with those tools I know it we have an genius here 😜
Nice, simple and informative :-)
Thanks 👍🏻
Nice, took me ages to work out to have much longer tails. Good skill with the knife.
Expertly done.
Followed this today. Did exactly as it is in this video. Doubled up the wires. So hope it's ok.....
Hello Sir, Please help me, This is for my shed. The electrician left exactly two cables for a plug point. Due to undetermined other works, he was not able to install the plug point. May I ask if the two cables left out are exactly the same as yours? Is this for two Socket plug points?
A fully qualifed sparky teaching laugh using a knife for removing pvc plastic rather than a wire stripper 😂😂!!!
Gaz why do you split the earth conductors between both earth terminals? I was tort to connect both earth conductors to one of earth terminals the second earth terminal is only used if you are fitting the socket to a metal back box and a fly led is needed between the socket and back box . Fantastic demonstration as always Gaz.
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IT circuit >10ma leakage?
It's bad practice to use the socket for earth continuity, Not impressed.
@@renral69 he's basically saying not to spilt it
@@dogwalker666totally agree that both earths in one terminal is best. Most cheap sockets from screwfix and the like use pressed tin crimped to the terminal. I don’t trust that to handle pfc at all.
@@demonkey123 last week I was replacing a Kliks one the brass earth stud had detached from the tin bus bar.
You see.. i was told off for putting the 2 CPCs in the separate connections. Was told to always put them together.
Do it anyway you like. The two earth terminals are connected together. Electrically there is no difference.
It's bad practice for multiple reasons. This would have to be corrected.
@@deang5622 One can do many things that are "no different electrically" but "no electrical difference" and complying with the regs are not the same thing.
Really interesting. Never thought of putting the earth lines in both terminals. Is this a batter way than just the one?
Thanks for watching 👍🏻
Wow...every country has different methods of installing electrical fittings. What's correct in one country differs from another...do as the Roman's do..
The other earth terminal is on the other side of the socket. Why would you not use it if your circuit is going out in that direction? Saves you a few centimetres of cable, less clutter inside the box
Great work,
I want to ask a question for us spark in Scotland. In our apprentice years we got taught not to twist (if stranded) and not to fold (if solid cored). As a business owner of a electrical company I have only been able to say "it may cause strain on the conductor (cable)? Is that right?
Well done you passed your test my four years old Child can do that
How long before the sparky has to dust of his trusty torque screwdriver for doing these as well? We are obsessed with the consumer unit end, but no one gives a rats bottom about the other end/faceplates...
think that will bring in push fit sockets
Wago style spring loaded connectors solves that problem.
Why is it stressful watching someone use a knife to strip conductors 😅
🤣🤣🤣
Why put the ground connections into separate terminals ?
Because it makes it neater and easier to put the face plate on to the back box.
The two are electrically connected so it doesn't matter whether you use one or two earth terminals.
It is also claimed it is better for earthing for computers and sensitive electrical equipment, but I haven't come across anyone explain in terms of electrical concepts such as: resistance, inductance, capacitance, capacitive or inductive coupling, EMC emissions or reception why it is better. People just claim it is better.
How many points of failure does one terminal have compared to two terminals? What is the current carrying capacity of the internal connection between the two terminals of a cheap Chinese manufactured socket? I keep my cpc’s together in one terminal to be sure of continuity.
It would be good to explain to the customer that both single and double sockets have a current limit of 13A, which limits the simultaneously turned on power in the double socket to slightly less than 3 kilowatts, otherwise the consumer terminals will overheat
@@vladimirdenisov3340 That's not quite correct.
You can push the current to beyond 13 amps for a short period of time.
So you could run a 3kW kettle in one socket and another appliance in the other.
It's not the case that the metal bars inside carrying the current will melt instantly. They take time to heat up.
On a single socket the thing that is limiting the current is the 13 amp fuse, so you can't take a single socket above 3kW for that reason.
Connect Earth first always earth first then Neutral and Live last for safety
Didn't know you had rk double the cables with 2 conductor going into one terminal
Just use stripers like normal electricians do! And why double the ends? Single I can understand but doubles?
better to put a kink in the cable ends rather than flattened down and doubled over as that will tend to make the wire split entirely and also cos the receiver isnt wide enough to take a doubled over end.
Great, but you forgot the most important part: Make sure the power is turned off to the circuit you're wiring up to!
Real electricians don't care about that part
Yeah bad video. He didn't even warn us to not put the wires in your mouth or don't stab yourself with the screwdriver. How else will we know!
Also, don’t forget to breathe. if you don’t breathe, you die.
@@nateharrington3834why
I double the connections on the sockets
It's not necessary to bend over the conductors if you are putting two conductors in the same connection.
If there are more than 1 conductors, you should first twist them together to make sure their connection is electrically and mechanically sound to avoid high resistance that could be caused by a loose connection of just dipping the conductors individually....
That's bad practice as it means a test for continuity might work if the wires had become loose yet the socket is not grounded. Electricians in the UK at least are now taught not to twist wires together. It can also cause fatigue faults if they have to be untwisted for test purposes.
@@TheEulerID which continuity test are you talking about 🤷🤷🤷🤷 continuity of ring circuit or continuity of CPC ?
Can you not use one cable running from the fuse box to a double socket switch??
it is possible but you need to replace the MCB or RCBO from 32A to 16A.
Brown and red are both live
Both line conducts 👍🏻
First time I’ve seen 2 brown cables in a connection to be doubled over
But not at my college we see it all the time 👍🏻
In some makes the hole isn't big enough for doubled over cables.
I thought white is neutral confusing!
simplify..double check
I've never seen that trick where you fold the wire is over I'm going to have to start using that myself I don't do a lot of electrical but I do need to put in a sub box for cannabis grow lights and equipment. Am I electrician fuck no, but at 300% below poverty I cannot afford an electrician and I do have many electrical skills just I was a contractor where I used to have to move electrical around all over the place including adding and removing ceiling lights garbage disposals GFCI and microwaves. Most recently I put in four circuits three of them being 20 amp and then one for light controller that has a 60 amp breaker for a 4000 Watt 4 light controller (that thing works brilliantly by the way) and if you're not using four sets of lights at 1,000 watts each you can add things like the humidifiers and other things to that light controller as well. It's designed for the heavy power requirements on digital high frequency ballast. Which I was told that in Cape Cod I had the worst leakage from one of my ballast that only crazy thing is I had only two 600 watt ballast hooked up how can that be worth the entire Cape Cod with just two simple 600 watt lights? My internet connection came in right above where my ballast were so I had to move the internet connection to the other side of the house. At the incredible cost of nothing. Using just supplies I had stashed away over the years.
Never seen line and neutral doubled over to be put in together most plates/ double skt fronts in plastic would not take them because as we know as time has gone on there made as cheap as chips and there’s little enough room to terminate them and never seen 2:5 twin made off with a knife unless you have lost your side cutters on route lol
Some terminals are so small on a ring doubling over will not actually fit in the socket
Never seen one in over 15 years. As always double over.
Why double them up? You wouldn't fold them twice if it was a spur.
Why separate the cpcs
It’s a Gaz thing
Yeah better its better if the wires touch each other.
⚠ Warning ⚠
To maintain a low r2 do not split the cpc or you would be adding the resistance of the earth rail in each socket to the r2 measurement.
Be careful use only one earth terminal of the socket outlet for the r2 conductors.
Iam no electrician but use a knife to cut the insulation then use pliers the bruise the copper conductor🤦
Really should be careful when splitting the CPC's. Some sockets actually require a link between both CPC terminals as there is no continuity between them. Granted they are cheaper sockets but how many times does the client supply the kit where we can verify its quality.
What's the specification wire? Please
4mm
2.5mm2 twin & earth.
Slow, would the ages for a house wire up. Ain't have time.
What’s the purpose of doubling Gary?
More copper to screw into. If you have a large hole try and fill it up hence doubling the conductors over 👍🏻
@@GSHElectrical thanks.
Your use of knife looks a bit dodgy!!
Never double over a 2.5. Just find it unnecessary
I would agree with you do a pair of cables, but if it’s a single cable, then I always fold over. Have you never seen the state of a 1/1.5mm² conductor that’s not been doubled over after being terminated? Especially when it’s been tightened down by an overzealous Sparky. Consumer units in particular!
No need to double the ends up
Disagree 👍🏻
@@GSHElectrical if you put them in the left hand side the screw always pulls them in.
Knife on 2.5mm ? H&S will eventually end that practice or you'll be filling out risk assessments every 5 mins!
Not if you’re skilled. And for ever battle there is blood spilt
Are those sockets still legal? 😂
Can I ask how?
@@GSHElectrical Just a joke. The 99p sockets are usually the first to fail… in my experience. I’m from the camp of “double pole should be standard”, but I seem to be in the minority on that 🙄
Lol
Have you ever heard about wire stripper instead of stripping the cable living knife or at least use a side cutter😂
College life 👍🏻
Why are you showing our trade to public for free where people spend years as an apprentice and some people pay for it?
Hi David - education should always be free. Thanks for commenting and taking the time to watch. 👍🏻
⚠ Warning ⚠
To maintain a low r2 do not split the cpc or you would be adding the resistance of the earth rail in each socket to the r2 measurement.
Be careful.
Which will be entirely insignificant assuming, that is, the connections are made securely.
Why you using a knife ya cave man 😅
Cheap socket
In a college setting