Electrical: How to find out which socket a spur connects back to

Saytan · 4 Apr 2019 at 11:10

Electrics in my house are a bit amateurish but not dangerous (my electricians words, not mine), and i'm gradually in the process of getting it all made right as I renovate.

on the ground floor, I have a ring circuit feeding my living room and the diner half of my kitchen diner, and because DIY it has a great many spurs coming off it, some of them quite neatly buried including one that is fully flushed and plastered behind the kitchen cabinets and the tiles

Any quick way of IDing which socket it spurs back to?

Saytan · 4 Apr 2019 at 13:16

I've got more spurs than white hart lane unfortunately.

Saytan · 4 Apr 2019 at 14:29

nice one, that sounds pretty simple

Saytan · 4 Apr 2019 at 14:48

Jez said:
Of course spur could have more than one outlet on it, so once you find one then check behind it to see if it seems to be feeding anything else.

And make sure you take the shorted plug out of the circuit before you turn anything back on

I think they've just been lazy and done socket/spur pairs on each side of the room. Which considering they've gone to the lengths of chasing them all, is a bit silly really.

Saytan · 4 Apr 2019 at 20:11

ring's being rewired, but it'd be convenient to keep that socket as a spur until the kitchen gets ripped out (its wiring really is behind a lot of kitchen)

when the kitchen is done i'd transfer it to the kitchen ring and remove the spur wiring (the dining room making good will be done as part of the kitchen project)