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Hi,

When moving wall sockets I was going to do the following, however I wasnt sure if this was safe:

Basically I moving two sockets in each room, so I would junction boxes to connect the wallsocket cables, then move the socket where I want and cut the main ring and wire the socket.

I then will do the same on the other socket in the same room, and same again for other sockets I am thinking of moving.

The thing I am worried about is having like 4/6 junction boxes on one ring? so I can extend the cable etc... I dont really want to cut into the wall all over again.

is it safe to have 4/6 junction boxes on a ring to extend the cabling as long as its under 100sq feet and that it still is a ring?

Hi, I presume you're wanting to do away with original sockets so why not cut the wires to each one & join up in 1 JB, adding a single cable from JB to new socket position, then do the same at the next one, as long as at the end you still have 50% of the sockets still on main ring it will comply,I assume you are talking abt. JB's under floors?
regards SPARX

The problem is there is not enough slack in the cable so it will probably end up being a junction to continue the ring and the cut the wire where I want to move the socket add additional cable etc...

basically i am positive there will be like at 4 JB per ring minimum if I do it this way I wanted to know the limit?