Most houses in the UK with a DIYer in residence usually run an unbelievable number of double or treble outlets, as some sort of Chav fashion statement! DIY use is where the real risks of overloadings occur, particularly with welders and big woodworking machines illegally installed by 'weekend warriors' without 'Part P' Local Authority approval or inspection.
Ahh, yes, the Chav's.
I recently rewired my workshop here, with a new 6mm˛ feed cable from the switchboard in the house, run over a catenary wire (overhead) and installed a new sub-main board with RCD's and a non-RCD socket for my MIG welder and stick welder, new lights, computer sockets and data cabling.
It all came to about NZ$500 all up, it was done properly, no hassle, I think I did it all in a weekend, which wasn't bad going, considering I had the flu and all of the sub-circuits had to be run in PVC conduit (concrete block walls)
It doesn't take much to do a good job Alan, just a bit of thought and pre-planning, people that have endless screeds of bodged up wiring, cobbled onto dodgily connected fittings are just asking for trouble.
