socket wiring in utility room

[shammy67]

there is a spur off ring main into old outhouse, that i have converted into a utility room.but i want to add more sockets.is it ok to ring added sockets from this spur round the utility room and back into another house socket,therefore extending the ring main?
cheers
ian

 

[GaryMo]

It's not quite as simple as that.
If you do what you suggest then you would have to remove a section of the existing ring which runs from where your spur originates from to where the extended loop returns otherwise you would have a ring final with interconnects.

 

[shammy67]

cheers garymo,think understand what you mean.so if i isolate the connection between the spur socket, and the socket i want to connect the utility room ring into,everything should be okay?
cheers
ian

 

[GaryMo]

Yes, it should be assuming the existing ring final has been correctly connected.
Obviously you would need to select a socket for the return path that's just before or after the socket where the spur leaves so you don't lose any existing sockets.

 

[shammy67]

yeah,its the next socket along bud..thanks very much for your help.thats my sunday sorted then!!