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I want t run a spur(using 2.5mm cable) from a socket on a ring main . how long can the spur cable be?
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mupost was in reply to fairlight's post re tumble dryer and washing machine both on a twin outlet. each will have a 2.2kW heater. add a bit for the restof the machines'bits.... 4.5kW.
i don't disputethatfor 1 appliance aspur complies, but that the cost and effort to extend ring is minimal.
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this had a washer and tumble dryer connected.
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It complies for two appliances plugged into a double socket on a spur. A preference for a ring is a perfectly legitimate point of view. But to suggest that a spur supplying a twin socket does not comply is plain wrong. And regardless of a ring or spur, the load on the socket will be the same.
I'm not arguing that it complies or not. just that for what's involved, extending the rfc would be my preference. with a spur, if OP were to want another outlet adding at some time, he'd have to retro fit a FCU.
The pic you have posted above of the burnt out socket shows both line pins overheated, this is probably due to a poor quality socket or plug top, and with those two appliances plugged into that twin socket it would make not a scrap of difference whether it was on a ring or a spur.
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