Fit flush mounted double socket to 25mm mdf panel.

[littlespark]

My brother in law lives in Nelson, South Island, and we were there 5 weeks over xmas 2017…. So while I was there, he wanted a few sockets changed to double outlets.

I remember the cable was like UK twin and earth, the distribution board was outside, and there was only one size of back box….
The plugtop flexes were at 45 degrees to the vertical, so if you had a double outlet one above the other, they didn’t get in the way of each other.

 

[Martin Trickett]

My brother in law lives in Nelson, South Island, and we were there 5 weeks over xmas 2017…. So while I was there, he wanted a few sockets changed to double outlets.

I remember the cable was like UK twin and earth, the distribution board was outside, and there was only one size of back box….
The plugtop flexes were at 45 degrees to the vertical, so if you had a double outlet one above the other, they didn’t get in the way of each other.

Small world! I live just outside Mapua, which is about 25kms from Nelson; been here for the last 19 years. You may well have visited Mapua while you were over here.
As you say there appears to be only one size of back box, I've had no luck finding a shallow one so far. Not the end of the world.
Thank you for all your advice. Kind Regards, Martin