Hi I'm Mat from eSpares, in this video I'll be changing a single plug socket
into a double plug socket using this handy adapter.
This adapter is fantastic if you want more plug sockets around your home but you don't want to disturb
the brickwork or the wall behind your socket.
Now safety first: Electrical circuit work should always be carried out by competent persons
in line with the current regulations
If you are in any doubt about doing this fix yourself please contact a qualified electrician.
The next thing I'm going to do is to make sure that the socket is wired correctly
using this handy plug-in socket tester.
If it's all good all three lights on the socket tester should illuminate which they do.
The next thing you need to do is to turn the power off to the socket itself
by going to your fuse board and tripping the relevant fuse,
Do make sure that no ones switches the fuse back on whilst you are working on the socket.
With the power turned off if I turn the power back on the socket you can see that no lights illuminating
meaning that we are safe to work on the socket.
I'm just going to disconnect the socket tester and then I can disconnect the faceplate
by undoing the two screws.
With the faceplate unscrewed I'm gently gonna pull this towards me so the wires at the back
can come out a little bit to show you exactly what needs to be done and to access the wires themselves.
Now before I disconnect the wires from the relevant terminals
I'm just going to make absolutely sure there's no power coming to the socket by using a multimeter
which should be turned on to its highest AC voltage level.
I'm just gonna take the probes measure across the terminals and the reading on the multimeter
shouldn't change if there's no power.
There we can see has gone from the socket as I have measured across all terminals.
Once you've done that you can then unscrew the wires from the terminals themselves.
With all the wires disconnected you can remove your old socket
you can grab your adapter, feed the wires through the central hole.
You can then use the two screw mounting points to put screws through the adapter
into the existing screw holes in the back plate.
With the adapter box in place you can now grab your new double socket and wired up
The backplate of the socket will have indications as to which wire goes where.
The blue goes into the neutral, the live is the brown and yellow and green
are these two earth terminals here.
With al the wires wired in give each one a little tug just make sure the nice and firm
in the terminals and then push the wires back into the wall.
And once you're happy with the positioning of the faceplate you can then screw in.
With your new double socket in place
all that remains is to reconnect the electricity from the fuse board.
You can then use your handy plug-in socket tester to make sure that you why the socket correctly.
All three lights should illuminate if you have.
There we have it, one new double socket connected to the single socket back plate.
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for the appliances around your home please visit the eSpares website.
Thanks for watching.