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Old 19th Nov 2017, 2:46 pm   #20
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Question Re: Sockets on a roll

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Originally Posted by G6Tanuki View Post
Must admit, the one thing I really find annoying about BS546/1363 outlets is the way the flex always exits at 90-degrees to the axis of the pins. It makes mounting them low-down on skirting-level trunking essentially impossible.
To overcome that, I have often seen a socket mounted upside-down on the skirting board, so that the cable from the plug goes upwards, not downwards. But is that an infringement of the wiring regs.? And if it is, why?

Al.
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