Testing a socket for a spur...

[neds]

Just want to add another socket and the nearest socket to use as a supply seems to be OK to spur from i.e has two pairs of cable coming in. I assume this is off the main ring but I want to be sure its not actually a spur off another spur if you get what I mean. Chances are low but i want to be 100% sure.

So apart from ripping up the floorboards etc to figure it out is there a simple way to test? Sorry for the noob question but its better to be safe than sorry.

Cheers

 

[JohnD]

turn off the main switch and check for dead, then do a continuity test using your multimeter (or go up to the high street and invest £10 in one)

If it is on a ring that is not faulty, the reds will have continuity, the blacks will and the earths will.

If it is a spur or radial, the earths might have continuity if there is supplementary bonding, the others will not.

If you can measure resistance on the continuity, that will give extrra clues.

 

[neds]

OK cheers for that. Will have to take that away and digest that nugget of information. I have a multimeter but its a cheapo silverline one.

 

[mattylad]

You will have to remove the socket before doing the test.
(after the switching off & voltage checks)