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BS 1363 13 A plug tops

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I need to find the regulations which permit or prohibit the wiring of two mains voltage devices into a single 13 A plug top. I have a C & G 2377 PAT certificate and am looking to test some equipment for a local model Railway  club. 

I noticed that they have a couple of places where they have wired two 12 volt ‘car battery’ chargers into a single 13 A plug top. This just does not look right but I don't know where the ‘regulations’ state this.

Assuming it is not correct, what would be the easiest way to wire this correctly? Certainly in one place there is only a single outlet socket available currently.

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    Thanks for all your quick responses. I now have the information I need to do the job. As I expected everyone had something useful to offer.

    As ‘Zoomup’ said in the first instance, all instructions on wiring a BS 1363 plug top always show a single cable being wired; but more importantly, perhaps, from an appliance testing point of view,  each device has to be tested separately. This means each appliance must have its own plug top.

    I noticed that the ‘four cables into one plug’ is no longer on sale at Amazon.

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    Thanks for all your quick responses. I now have the information I need to do the job. As I expected everyone had something useful to offer.

    As ‘Zoomup’ said in the first instance, all instructions on wiring a BS 1363 plug top always show a single cable being wired; but more importantly, perhaps, from an appliance testing point of view,  each device has to be tested separately. This means each appliance must have its own plug top.

    I noticed that the ‘four cables into one plug’ is no longer on sale at Amazon.

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