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Can a double socket replace a single socket?
Anonymous user 15/03/2024 - 2.40 PM
Hi, I have a single socket on a single spur from a fused switch, can a double socket replace the single socket on this 'fused-single-spur' (socket1:dishwasher, socket2: washer dryer) ? Thanks, Glen.
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Steve Skelton Electrical Contracting Ltd
Rating: 5 out of 5
Yes it can as long as you only have one double socket fed from the spur.
You have a large electrical load in the two items your plugging in and could start blowing fuses or worse if you use them both at once so i would recommend either having the ringmain extended to there or a dedicated circuit.
Answered7 June 2018
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DEACON ELECTRICAL SERVICES
Rating: 5 out of 5
I really wouldn’t plug a dishwasher & a tumble dryer into a twin socket. A twin socket is only rated at 20 amps, not 26 amps ( 2 x 13 amp). Even more of an issue if on a spur rated at 13 amp! I would look to rectify this via an electrician.
Answered7 June 2018
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Anonymous user
No. A fuse connection unit bs 1363-4 have a fuse of maximum 13 amps.
As your dishwasher and washing machine combined are a total 5kW (19 amps total)
Will blow up your fuse o cause fire if they are used at the same time.
Answered7 June 2018
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