Question for Sparkies

BDEE · 11 Aug 2013 at 22:29

Quick job price question..

How much roughly should I be looking at to put in a new double socket? It's about 3m from the next nearest one and the walls are plasterboard.

Installation is only 6 years old.

Thanks

BDEE · 11 Aug 2013 at 23:48

I would want the patching up done around it after too - I would do the painting after.

It is in the same room as the socket 3m away and the next room has the consumer unit in. I wasn't sure if you could just take a spur from the current socket? Got to be better than running 2x extension leads tho?

I want to run 3x PCs / Monitors plus a lamp and some LED lighting.... not happy doing all that on one double socket

Skirting boards will not pop off because of how they have gone on - Discovered that with some others that had to come off recently and all had to be replaced.

BDEE · 12 Aug 2013 at 00:04

pryere said:
With a double socket available, run 2 anti surge extensions which will give you more than enough sockets.

That is what I was looking to avoid - Is it not too much load on the socket with what I plan to plug into it?

BDEE · 12 Aug 2013 at 21:07

OK cool - One is a pretty high end machine, 1000w PSU, one is a mid range gaming machine and the other a low end. All just one monitor and two printers between the three.

I shall go with the extension leads in this case, cheers.