Morning all,

I've got some metal clad sockets which i'd like to join together into groups.

I've seen this done before with brass bushings, this method would be just fine for me, except i'm not sure exactly what I need :)

I've seen these bushings at toolstation.
Male Brass Bush Short 20mm


Do I need the short or the long?

Also, I assume i'll need some nuts, after a bit of googling i've found these at screwfix.
20mm Milled Edge Galvanised Lockrings - Pk 10



Will these do the job?

Do I need some kind of spacer inbetween the sockets to give me enough room to put the lids on?

Anything else?

Thanks
J

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First question is WHY you'd want to do this? As you infer, you won't get the plates to fit if you join them up and you can't get any benefit from doing this.

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To be honest, i'm not sure.

I've got a bunch of single metal clad sockets, and in some places I'd wanted 4 or 5 in a row. I just thought it would be easier to make them into one unit and mount that on the wall.

Also, i've seen sockets done like this before and thought it was quite good.

An alternative, is to just mount them on the wall close to each other and use gromets on the cable entry points between them.

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Far tidier to use double plate sockets. A string of sigle outlets would look very ..... eeerrg... Double socket boxes cost next-to-nothing.

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MK doubles cost a fortune,

And i've got a box of MK singles, so will be using them.
I'm OK with joined together ones if I could get the connecting bushes sorted.

I'll see if I can have a close look at the ones i've seen done like this and figure out what parts were used. I assumed it was a fairly common thing to do, but guess not.

Otherwise, bushes with a couple of spare lockrings between the two boxes will do me.

Or maybe there's a double ended bushing with a spacer section in the middle. Hmm.

Thanks
J

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The options are to
use a long male bush then a couple of lockrings between the sockets then a lockring and female bush inside the next socket.
or
use two short bushes screwed into a 20mm conduit coupler between the boxes.

Thanks,
Can't see female bush on screwfix or toolstation, but I see other places do sell them.

I think i'll try this option first as it will keep the sockets closer together.

Watch this space... :)

J

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I normally use conduit coupler between boxes when wiring a workshop but today there is trunking designed for multi-sockets so now rare to need to.

Do you have a link to an example of this trunking?

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Are these new style MK or old style. If new then either use a male bush ,and lockring with a female bish on the other end , or a coupler and 2 male bushes.
If old style with the lip round the socket then bush lockring between sockets then lockring/female bush on other end.

Nick

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If it isnt broke dont bloody touch it until it bloody well is and if it is broke then make drawing of the connections before you remove the broken one and replace with a new one LoL