Socket Converter 1 or 2 Gang to 4 Gang

Excellent, really easy to fit, secure fitting, feels solid and the surge protection is a bonus.

This unit has four individually switched sockets, can be fitted to an existing flush single or double gang installation, and is ridiculously easy to fit. Took me maybe five minutes start to finish. Turn off the power, unscrew the existing 2 gang faceplate, terminate the individual cables in the clearly marked locations, and screw the unit back into place. Turn the power back on, test, and once confirmed working fit the supplied screw hole covers just to make it look pretty and keep muck out - you just push them into place in the shaped holes designed to make sure that you cannot fit them incorrectly.Where previously I could only use two appliances I can now safely use four, and all that for less than £15 delivered.Obviously if you are unsure about electrics put safety first and consult an electrician, but if you are competent it is entirely legal to do it yourself without Part P certification because everything occurs this side of the plaster.A nice unit, a nice price, easy to fit, and working like a charm in only a few minutes. I heartily recommend this unit, and although I have no need for other units in the kitchen I am looking around for other places in my home that would benefit. If I find any, and I strongly suspect that the bedroom may be a candiate as will the newly plastered living room, I will definitely buy more of these units to fit into them.

Easy to fit, but a little bigger than expected.

There are so many negative reviews of this that I was a little wary. But I needn't have worried. I can only imagine that the product has changed since those reviews were written.I opened it up to check what's inside. For the record, the surge protection is genuine (varistor, thermal fuse, and LED), and the line and neutral conductors are solid brass (the earth conductors are cheaper steel, but in normal operation they should not be carrying any current). The shutters on line and neutral operate properly. The switches are quite small, but they feel solid and they operate positively. Given the negative reviews, and knowing there are such things as fake fuses, I checked the supplied fuse by destroying it. It's a hollow ceramic tube with a fuse wire between the end caps, and is filled with sand. It's genuine. I would have preferred the body to have been made from a more solid type of plastic, but the polycarbonate is good enough.It was very easy to fit. The terminal screws are accessed from the top, and are captive (so you can't screw them right out and lose them). The terminal openings seemed plenty large enough for two wires, but an application with three wires per terminal might challenge them. Screwing it down to the back box was also easy. You do need to make sure you have a narrow screwdriver to hand, as the screws are deeply recessed into narrow openings. It was also easy to line up the screws with the screw holes in the back box, by looking down from above. Screws were supplied (but the old ones would have done the job anyway).All in all, I'm very pleased with this adaptor. It's decent quality and appears to do its job perfectly.

I purchased this 4 outlet socket adapter to accommodate a new fibre broadband installation. The new fibre box (the ONT) required a plug socket, as did the router; a third socket was required to accommodate an ethernet powerline adapter to remotely supply broadband to my Tv box. The fourth socket was used to plug in an existing uplighter lamp. The unit is reassuringly well made and was a simple transfer of the existing socket wiring. A possibler limitation, not relevant in my case, is the total output capacity of the 4 sockets is the (fused) 13 amps which is 25% of the previous double socket, so attention to the load requirements of your intended devices may be required. All in all a neater, more secure and satisfactory solution than a plug in adapter would provide. Very happy

This is a nice product easy to installThe only draw back that I found is the small green light is always on which gives a glow in the room if the plug is not behind something

So easy to fit couldn't believe I've been struggling in this kitchen with not enough socket then found this product and my husband had it fitted in 20 mins.Must cheaper than an electrician.