Can I spur off a radial circuit?

[Jupiter01]

Then there is "essentials". I can't seem to find any documentation of it's terminal capacity, but it really doesn't matter as it's total crap that you should not buy.

Do you happen to know which MK Toolstation sells?

 

[Taylortwocities]

Do you happen to know which MK Toolstation sells?

Toolstation state their socket part number 82496 is K2747 WHI (look in the product description).
This is the MK part number for their
Logic Plus™ 2-Gang DP

so, that is the one you need.

PS You could have looked on the Toolstation website for yourself.

 

[ETAF]

I was only looking into this the other day
and had the MK Logic Plus spec sheet from their website - to look for a SPUR that I could get 2 stranded 6mm cables into 1 terminal
Looking at Screwfix & Toolstation, Screwfix does specify Logic Plus
https://www.screwfix.com/p/mk-logic-plus-13a-switched-fused-spur-flex-outlet-white/13479
you can see the MK specification in this document
https://www.mkelectric.com/Documents/English/EN MK Technical Specifications/T02 LOGIC PLUS Tech 355-389.pdf

 

[Jupiter01]

Thanks all. I struggled with getting 3 x 4mm cables into the MK socket I purchased from Toolstation. I used 2.5mm for the spurred socket to overcome this.
Some pics from this project:

Thanks again for all your help.
P.S. I've noted a missing grommet and would welcome any other feedback.

 

[SUNRAY]

Ah. In my experience, MK sockets have at least as great terminal capacity as any other make (more than many makes), and I (like others) have certainly had no problems getting 4 x 2.5mm² cables into the terminals with no trouble, and would have expected 3 x 4mm² to fit. Twisting them together will make the situation worse, rather than better.

However, the specification of (current) MK sockets certainly claims that they should take 3 x 4mm². Do you perhaps have an 'old' one'

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Kind Regards, John

For what it's worth I recently changed a K2948PCR as fitted in an 18 month old kitchen. Usual problem of MK plug on washing machine welded into socket.
I found 3x 7/0.029 ring and 1 harmonised 2.5mm² in a 47mm back box some ½" behind the tiles surface. Plenty of slack to work with etc.
I cant remember which but one terminal accepted the 4 wires with total ease but the other was a real no go and a total surprise.

In another similar socket I found 2x 7/0.029 ring & 1x 6mm² spur [old colours so I suspect it was the original cooker cable] and swapped the sockets over with ease.

Even now it doesn't make much sense as the 2 didn't look any different but the size of one terminal was obviously enough different.

 

[Taylortwocities]

I just looked at that LAP tester. Now, I know it’s cheap, but my first glance was that there was a fault!
Any decent tester would show all greens for a 100% OK test.

But Don’t like to complain…

 

[JohnW2]

I just looked at that LAP tester. Now, I know it’s cheap, but my first glance was that there was a fault!

That was also my first reaction, but ...

Any decent tester would show all greens for a 100% OK test.

I suppose it's fair to say that all the lit LEDs are green. The difference between this one and some others are that they are single-colour LEDs, the one on the right being red - which one would expect to light up (red) only if something was 'very wrong' (which they apparently do, for L/E and L/N reversals). Others have two-colour LEDs, facilitating the "3 greens" indication that you would have preferred to see.

Kind Regards, John

 

[SUNRAY]

My Martindale has just the 2 greens too.

Just under the LED's is the descriptor showing: green green black CORRECT

 

[Taylortwocities]

Yes, I understand. Maybe its because the ones I'm used to Shout at you, or flash or change colour is there's an error.

 

[333rocky333]

What happened regarding cutting the hole

 

[JohnW2]

What happened regarding cutting the hole

Cutting which hole? Have you perhaps posted to the wrong thread?

Kind Regards, John

 

[333rocky333]

Cutting which hole? Have you perhaps posted to the wrong thread?

Kind Regards, John

The box hole, looks like he strayed about 10mm above the pencil mark

 

[JohnW2]

The box hole, looks like he strayed about 10mm above the pencil mark

 

[Jupiter01]

Yes...
I thought I had the box level but then learnt that it needed some further jiggery pokery. Nothing that Toupret couldn’t bury

 

[Jupiter01]

How would this tester behave if only 1 of the 2 Live cables were connected to a socket on a ring main?