How to safely replace an electrical wall socket UK, plug socket
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- Опубликовано: 30 авг 2019
- In this video I show you how to replace an electrical wall socket, plug socket.
I cover the installation and the safety requirements.
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This is really useful and easy to understand. Loads of thanks, I subscribed straight away.
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Thanks mate 👍 i recommend a level meter to make sure the socket is level . Other than that this video is great!
I will invest in a Multimeter & electrical screwdrivers. 🤓My tool collection is growing. Makitas are my favourite.
I am terrified of electricity, but that video gave me the confidence to replace an old socket where the on/off switch had ceased. Excellent.
Brilliant, it's great to know my video gave you confidence and helped you replace your socket yourself.
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Thanks for this video. You made it soo easy to understand. I’m a 63 year old grandma and want to do this for myself. After seeing this I know i CAN do this and won’t kill myself. 😂😂❤😊
Great vid man drunk me decided to fall over and take the plug socket out with all the plugs clean out the wall 🤦♂️ life saver man
Glad I could help.
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You are an absolute legend mate just so you know, great job
4:05 Your creation is very nice
I love the practical safe approach. Thanks so much.
Excellent and comprehensive description. Thanks for making the video.
Love the video, not health and safety overload, just proper sensible advice from what sounds like an expert about precautions which could save your life! Really good video pal.
Stay safe, keep it simple and a lot is just common sense.
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Text book method. Great stuff.
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Excellent video, thanks - you have given me the confidence to attempt this on my own on a double socket where one of them hasn't worked for ages. Wish me luck :)
I need to do this on the weekend…thanks pal 👍🏻
Thanks mate! Simplified the fear in minutes and job done, much appreciated!
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Thank you. This was just perfect, keep up the good work mate
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This is very helpful, thanks!
Brilliant video, great advice, just what I was looking for 👍🏼
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Thanks and well done great video.
Great safety advice with the fuse box, voltage tester, and the insulated screwdriver.
Can't be too careful with electrics, you only have to get it wrong once.
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I live in UK but I love your accent! An American here. Thank you for the video.🤓
Thanks for the video, very thorough and helpful step by step guide!
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Well done 👍. Nicely done
Good job! Cheers.very clear and precise advise.
You made this video so so easy for me to follow, I’m going to buy all the safety kit and do this myself I’m a 35 year old woman and really want to learn how to replace my own base plates and ceiling lights. Thanks so much for sharing just about anyone can follow this simple tutorial 👍
Glad my video has inspired you to tackle the job yourself. Stay safe.
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Thanks for your help
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Thank you for the video much appreciated
Good work mate 🙏
Great video, very informative
Very cool.....Moved to Portugal recently, but was working for LFC....Rock 'n' Roll.........;-)
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Thank you. Very informative and clear instructions (love your accent, btw.)
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Nice. Clear. Precise.
50% of the time for preparation and checking.
Thanks, more time making sure it's safe than doing the job
omg this has given me confidence to change mine thank you!!!
Hi, thanks for the video.
I appreciate your video thanks 🙏
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Thank you Sir... learnt something today😀
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Thanks a lot sir. You've just help me! 👍🏻
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This is a brilliant taskmaster great to see the testing meter before and after disconnections .I have just one improvement suggestions for you to consider . I was always in the habit of earth off last and earth on first. Gives a sound ground through the task
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very helpful. Thanks
Very clean and professional..
It has to be when working with electrics.
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Great explanation sir ❤❤❤❤
Cool socket 👍
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Great video, thanks
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Great video. Worth investing in the kit and doing the job right. Can't be too careful with electricity ⚡
Thanks for the vid! Have you got a lot of enemies on building sites or summat? 😂
This guy is a legend. 👍
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Thanks so helpful
Brilliant very clear and easy to follow video. I have a quick question - a builder wired my outdoor septic tank pump directly into my living room socket. After many years the pump failed tripping the RCB on my consumer unit. An electrician opened the wall socket and disconnected it for me. I wasn't watching how he did it, but when the new pump is installed, is the wiring basically done the same way as shown here, i.e. connect the pump earth cable to socket earth, live cable to socket live etc?
This helped me realy well . Thanks for this useful video 😍😍😍💯💯💯💯👍👍👍👍
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Great video thanks
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Very informative and well described video, thank you! (the audio could have been louder, but I have good speakers so no worries there)
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Thank you.
I would bag a CED metal socket if they are selling in the local hardware store but if I buy them on EBay I
tend to go for the more premium brands like MK, Crabtree, Contactun, Varilight, Click/Scolmore or Volex. In the high
street you get whatever they happen to stock but to be honest most hardware stores near me only tend
to sell white accessories. B&Q is another great place to buy metal sockets and light switches.
Excellent video. I may yet attempt it..
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Let me know how you get on with your sockets but stay safe around electrics.
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Cheers mate! Going to give it a go this afternoon. I’m 40 and I’ve never changed a socket before 😳
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@@spendtimesavemoneydiy Managed to do it! 👍🏻 Great video 🙌🏻 thanks again
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im from birkenhead and in college tovbe come an electrician. well made video and very clear :)
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Thank you just moved home did not know about insulated screwdrivers. Will be swapping a single plug socket to a double in the hallway. Thank you
You're welcome, remember to stay safe when working on electrics.
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Your such a trained person but my father will show me how to do electrics really well and safe. Good job your being carful and aware
Thank you so much.x
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most useful job 👍️💓
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Great video, how do I know if I have a single or double pole socket?
Love this video very good bro 👏
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Ok that's a good work I like it
Very understandable
Excellent video! You made it seem very easy. Thank you!
It's easy if you know what you're doing but always stay safe with electrics.
I have a scouse accent from Liverpool
@@spendtimesavemoneydiy Absolutely! I already electrocuted myself once trying to change an outlet cover. I learned the hard way. 😉
Thanks.
Thank you Simple and Safe .....Just needed to ensure I’d got this correct before I replaced all the sockets in the house .
Hope this helped you. Just always stay safe when working on electrics.
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Cheers mate
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Going to try tonight before it gets too dark
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Excellent video. I'm looking to save a bit of money as I have a property that's currently being renovated. It"ll look good when it's finished apart from those awful white plastic switches including the lights! As it's a country home I thought about the brushed victorian style ones. The living room and stairs obviously have 2 way light switches but I think you can use them as one way am I correct?
Yes a 2 way can be used as a 1 way.
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Thank you very much. Could I ask a question? I see there seems to have two earth slots - one on left and one on right, correct? I also see there are 3 green cables, but you have fixed all three only to one side of the earth. Could you kindly share with us?
The earth terminals are connected to each other on the plate so you can use either or both.
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@@spendtimesavemoneydiy. Thank you very much.
Good to know thanks!
Thanks mate, if 2 terminals on the new socket for earth, are they OK all into 1? Don't need to be split as double socket?
I would highly reccomend you choose Varilight over CED or just any old generic brand as Varilight are a more reputable brand.
Volex are also good but they now only make metal sockets with wide rockers and look similar to Crabtree, another top quality
brand if you don't mind wide rockers which is more down to personal preference. MK and Hager are also good brands.
Excellent instructional video! My back boxes and double sockets in a 2001 built house all have fixing hole centres 120mm apart. All the new polished chrome replacements I look at buying have fixing hole centres 126mm apart. Will they fit the existing back boxes?
I think they are a standard size. I've never had one not fit.
Literally got charged £50 per socket installed a couple years ago lol on top of the hourly electrician rate, definitely gonna be doing it myself next time
Great Video, thanks for this.
I am trying to do myself and change from plastic to brass plates.
But when opening I can see red wires are in the N and black wires in L. Is this correct? I was just going to put the wires as they are now into my new plate but then got nervous because as you mentioned in the video red wire should be in the L slot.
Please advise would much appreciate
If in any doubt consult a qualified electrician.
Red wires are usually live and black neutral but the person who did the wiring may have done it the other way around. So testing might have to be carried out to make sure it's safe.
Hope this helps.
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Hi, my voltage tester (same as yours, Knightsbridge te1) shows RX and POWER LEDs, plus continuous beep, but no voltage, when i test between live and neutral, after i have switched off socket. Same as when i self prove the device. Any idea what this means?
Ok lad. Could ye do a video on putting extra sockets in when ye get a chance from a fellow scouser👍👍
Paul Dunning thanks for your comment.
If you take a look at my video about adding a spur socket, you can do one spur off each socket. Here is the link.
ruclips.net/video/uH-CuovdmyM/видео.html
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Sound lad thanks
Do all the sockets in your country have individual on/off switches for each plug on the socket?
So for the earths you can use either side of the unit ? Also the two sets of wires does that mean it’s on a ring ? Seen that in another video, I thought it was a set for each plug hole in a double socket 😞 Love clarification 👍👍
The earths are connected on the unit so you can use either or both.
Two sets of cables doesn't mean it's a ring. Both a ring and a radial circuit will have a cable in and a cable out with the exception of the last socket on the radial.
Hope that helps.
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For some reason I was expecting you to put an earth wire to each of the earth points.. I wondered if this was only earthing 1 plug and not the other, could you explain the reason behind 2 earth points? thanks
They are both linked together so it doesn't matter if you use one or both
The new socket had two each terminals but you put both earth wires into one of them, is this ok? I want to replace sockets myself (35f) but am worried I'll do something wrong
Under 18th edition, if i change a single socket to a double socket, would that be covered under minor works and would i need to have it certified?
How do you know the screws is aligned with the hole, I want to buy a new switch socket however I'm unsure of whether the screws will be aligned
D3CEPTION they are a standard size so the screws should align.
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@@spendtimesavemoneydiy thank you for the quick reply, great video!
Didn't explain why you didn't split the 2 earth's into each of the terminals but rather put them both into the same one. A lot of people might not get that abd think they have to put each earth into the separate terminals
Thanks for the video! Can I use a voltage tester pen instead of the voltage tester that you use?
I’m pretty sure that will work just fine, however, a multimeter with sound feedback will probably work better.
A tester pen will work but by the book you should use a multi meter. Whichever you use be safe and always test the tester. Thanks for watching and be sure to like share and subscribe to help the channel grow 👍🏼
My outlets were crabtrees 2 gang sockets, can I put the 1 gang on it and just put all 3 wires (earth) into the same terminal?
Kane Owen yes the earth wires can go in one earth terminal. And it is good practice to earth the backbox too. Thanks for watching and be sure to like share and subscribe to help the channel grow 👍🏼
Ay mate y didn’t the neutral to earth give continuity. Was u making contact with N and E correctly?
Hi is this safe because it looks safe to me i added a wall outlet but there was no wirewing so what i did was use an old power strip cable and cut the end off one end will go to an existing wall outlet fittet with a 13 amp fuse and other end will be in wall outlet i wired it up right but it only had one ground so i cut off an old cable and used another green wire and joined them together the wall outlet will only be used for vaccum and telephones so it should be fine right?
I am about to do this exact swap plastic to metal/chrome and I have been told I need to earth the back box is this correct? or can I just do what you have done? thanks
CodGaming earthing the back box is recommended but not essential. The screws in the faceplate earth the back box. If you're unsure then earth it for piece of mind. It's only one extra wire and some sleeving.
Thanks for watching 👍🏼
Thanks for your quick reply, no id rather do it the same way you have. Its just you hear conflicting stuff on the internet. Thanks for your advise.
CodGaming electricians always try to have a go at me because they think you should be qualified to do electrics. But that's not the case and I have colleagues more qualified that confirm what I do is safe.
Let me know how you get on 👍🏼
I will let you know when I done it later this week or next. Thanks mate.
CodGaming good luck and stay safe 👍🏼
so my question is I dont think I can cut the power but I do have my special insulated screw driver do you think its possible to use it to replace the plate? as you said it Rated to 1000 volts
Absolutely not. If you accidentally touch a wire it could be game over. Always cut the power or if you can't call a qualified spark.
Stay safe 👍🏼
Unable to fit a plugger in receptacle, can this be fixed or I need to replace it?
Thank you for the video. My wall socket is not working. How can I fix it on my own, diy
A heavy object fell on mine and ripped it out it works but i need a new case for the socket
Had a cowboy builder put mine in, The cage seems like its gonna come out the wall, And the front face of the socket has a lot of give, The plaster around the wall is basicly talk and powder thats cracking, How much would a job like this cost?