A really dumb question about wiring an extra plug socket.

Efour

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Swedish electrical regs are very strict and I'm not attempting this, roll eyes, but am I crazy in even worrying about this not being feasible.

I have a surface mounted 3 core wire running to an external set of plugs in an outbuilding.

I want to add another plug along the line to plug in a WiFi extender.

Can I simply cut the wire, connect the internals through the top ip44 grommet thing and do the same with the bottom half of cut wire in the bottom grommet thing. ? I know that's not rocket science.

Or is it more proper safer to cut the wire add a small junction box then run a very small wire over to the new socket.

Solution 1 is probably not advised but it's much less messy I literally just want the. 1 plug where it is, as little extra mounted furniture stuff as possible.

Help :p
 
You'll have to consult Swedish regs. In the UK there are rules about spurs and how to add extra sockets.
 
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Ok so the word I'm looking for is spur....

Thanks I'll read up in English first then take it to the Swedish rules.
 
SpellowHouse said:
No, actually, solution 1 is the right way of doing it. It is perfectly fine to insert a socket in to a spur.
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Actually in UK regs it's often not permitted to put more then one socket on a spur. Although this does depend on how the circuit is wired. And is mostly due to the UK using ring finals, which I think are uncommon in the rest of Europe

You really need to get some proper advice from someone who understands the Swedish regs. But you need to consider that DIY electrics may not even be legal in Sweden and that if you're altering a circuit it may need updating to comply with currents regs
 
Yep there's no way i can legally do this so must contact an electrician or rethink what i can actually do :/
Wish i trained as an electrician, wonder if theres any even classes that will qualify me at a basic level.

thanks for the help.
 
Looks like you're not allowed to do pretty much anything involving new wire/adding connections:

www.elsakerhetsverket.se

Electrical work you can do yourself | Elsäkerhetsverket

Most electrical installation work must be carried out by a registered electrical installation company. You can do certain straightforward tasks yourself, but only if you know what you are doing. Remember that unauthorised electrical installation work is a criminal offence. Never chance it! A...
www.elsakerhetsverket.se www.elsakerhetsverket.se

Which sucks but I don't know what the attitude to a cheeky DIY job is there. Trying to do things by the book here in the UK, I get a lot of rolled eyes and sparkies saying they would have just XYZ quickly.
 
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