Is it possible to wire a socket to an existing socket?

[pbx2]

Is it PAT test passable to create my own "power strip" by wiring a UK socket into an original one via a plug?

 

Mains - > Socket -> Plug -> Flex -> Socket 

for example.

[SCHISCHKA]

Yes it is possible. but I'm not familiar with Uk regs

[themctipers]

technically yes

 

don't kill yourself

[jools]

sometimes called an extension lead lol

[SydneySideSteveSomewheres]

1 hour ago, jools said:

sometimes called an extension lead lol

 

Guess that is why Bunnings (a hardware box store) sells extension leads cheaper than a piece of wall wire the same length...

 

1 hour ago, themctipers said:

don't kill yourself

 

 

...to make it harder for someone to kill themselves lol

[manikyath]

if i understand correctly.. you're doing something that's actually been a common thing for years on end:

(as here demonstrated with european plugs )

(ignore this one has the wrong colors )

 

people have been putting together their own combination of plugs, cables, and sockets for ages, mostly in a few specific cases:

- if they want one with a REALLY long cable, because they're hard to find if not on a roll.

- if they want one with a REALLY short cable

- if they want one with different plug and socket types (for example a UK resident that goes to europe often, could make one with a EU plug on one end and a UK one on the other)

- if an old cord would for example have developed bad contacts over time, and because of mounting location (for example the cable has been managed in with lots of others) cant be as easily replaced in its entirety, people at times just replace the sockets at the end of the cable.

[pbx2]

 

Thanks everyone for replies, However you might not get that i actually want to wire the above type of socket into the end of the flex.

 

 

 

2 hours ago, manikyath said:

if i understand correctly.. you're doing something that's actually been a common thing for years on end:

(as here demonstrated with european plugs )

(ignore this one has the wrong colors )

 

people have been putting together their own combination of plugs, cables, and sockets for ages, mostly in a few specific cases:

- if they want one with a REALLY long cable, because they're hard to find if not on a roll.

- if they want one with a REALLY short cable

- if they want one with different plug and socket types (for example a UK resident that goes to europe often, could make one with a EU plug on one end and a UK one on the other)

- if an old cord would for example have developed bad contacts over time, and because of mounting location (for example the cable has been managed in with lots of others) cant be as easily replaced in its entirety, people at times just replace the sockets at the end of the cable.

 

2 hours ago, SydneySideSteveSomewheres said:

 

Guess that is why Bunnings (a hardware box store) sells extension leads cheaper than a piece of wall wire the same length...

 

 

...to make it harder for someone to kill themselves lol

 

2 hours ago, jools said:

sometimes called an extension lead lol

 

3 hours ago, themctipers said:

technically yes

 

don't kill yourself

 

3 hours ago, SCHISCHKA said:

Yes it is possible. but I'm not familiar with Uk regs

 

[jools]

yes its called a spur

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=House_Wiring_for_Beginners

 

[pbx2]

On 3/30/2017 at 8:35 PM, jools said:

yes its called a spur

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=House_Wiring_for_Beginners

 

And that works without wiring it into the back? I want to wire it into a plug that fits into the front.

[jools]

should work and be safer because a plug has a fuse just use proper heavy duty flex

[W-L]

On 4/1/2017 at 9:20 AM, pbx2 said:

And that works without wiring it into the back? I want to wire it into a plug that fits into the front.

As mentioned it would be no different than getting a power bar with a long lead. You can wire one yourself but in most cases it will be cheaper to just purchase one. 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brennenstuhl-1951183100-Premium-Line-extension-socket/dp/B00P142TPY/ref=sr_1_33?ie=UTF8&qid=1491198453&sr=8-33