john.luckins
pfm Member
Is it safe to do this to improve it...
Every year (after taking the necessary safety precautions) I go round and tighten up the connections on the outlets on the ring main that feeds my music system. This year I realised that the ring is larger than I had thought and includes sockets upstairs as well as downstairs, a total of 11 double sockets on one ring. To make matters worse two of the upstairs sockets are behind fitted furniture and some of their connections were so loose that they created breaks in the ring.
It occurred to me while doing this that soldering the two/three 2.5 mm solid core bare ends that go into each feed connection on the rear of the sockets would guarantee the integrity of the ring even if the a connection were to work loose. Both a safety and a sonic improvement methinks as well as renderding the whole tighening routine unecessary except for the sockets feeding the music system.
Has anyone else tried this or am I treading on dangerous ground?
John
Every year (after taking the necessary safety precautions) I go round and tighten up the connections on the outlets on the ring main that feeds my music system. This year I realised that the ring is larger than I had thought and includes sockets upstairs as well as downstairs, a total of 11 double sockets on one ring. To make matters worse two of the upstairs sockets are behind fitted furniture and some of their connections were so loose that they created breaks in the ring.
It occurred to me while doing this that soldering the two/three 2.5 mm solid core bare ends that go into each feed connection on the rear of the sockets would guarantee the integrity of the ring even if the a connection were to work loose. Both a safety and a sonic improvement methinks as well as renderding the whole tighening routine unecessary except for the sockets feeding the music system.
Has anyone else tried this or am I treading on dangerous ground?
John