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    3 phase ring main in a tool room. X6 16A sockets

    Hi, I have been tasked with installing 3 phase ring main in a tool room. X6 16A sockets. Each pice if kit will pull no more than 5A. Planning on using 4mm SWA cable protected by a 63A breaker. Tool room dimensions are 7M X 5M. Any problems with this?
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    Rewiring this Italian 3-Pin 16A to UK 13A

    Hi there, I'm wondering if anyone can help me see if this is possible. I bought this Mole Richardson 650w Lamp on ebay expecting it to come wired with a UK 16A plug, but it instead it is this odd Italian 16A. Would I be able to re-wire this to a UK 13A plug? Oddly it appears the ground and...
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    What do you think about a 16A socket on a 20A breaker

    Been asked to provide a 4 pole 16A socket with RCD protection with a C20 protecting the circuit specified by the manufacture of the machine, should I not use a 32A socket?
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    16A off 32A ring

    How do you guys get over taking an appliance which is 16A off a 32A ring? thx
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    32A to 2x 16A

    I am currently looking at installing some equipment in a small IT comms room and am looking for some advice on the current setup and how to proceed, I am not an electrician myself. 1: Currently there is a 32A supply being fed directly into PDU with 13A sockets, same as the the link below, my...
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    Good LOTO box for 16A Plug

    It's really as the title suggests, I need a LOTO box for a 16A plug for a job I've got guys on in a couple of weeks and I've never purchased them myself. Normally our LOTO involves locking off at a breaker/main power switch. This job is different and there's going to be generators on site and...
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    UK 16A oven hard wired neded

    Hi all i would need advise on how to instal a new oven that need to be hard wired. The current oven is pluged on a 13a plug and the socket is part of a few sockets i have in the kitchen. The MCB related to these sockets is marked as 32A. In these sockets i have the followings appliances...
  8. Mark42

    13A and 16A sockets on the same 20A radial. OK or not?

    I’ve just had a ‘robust exchange of views’ :) with a visiting engineer about the 16A sockets in my workshop. These, together with local 13A sockets, are run from radials in 2.5mm, protected by 20A RCBOs. I say it’s fine to have say a couple of 16A interlocked sockets, and lots of 13A doubles...
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    UK How can I use a 16A charger on a UK socket?

    Hi, I have a customer who has bought a 16A charger which will obviously only charge at 13a from a UK socket. Their question is would the be able to use the full 16Amps if they have a 32Amp breaker? Thanks
  10. Spike1947

    Light circuit from 16A Radial

    Hi Scenerio : a JB that feeds a couple of lights ! , (nothing else) in a small Barn Building ( storage use only ) , it is fed via a SWA 2.5mm2 from a 63A RCCB , CU via a 16A mcb ( feeding 2 double sockets ) in the main storage barn shed , there is no isolator in the small barn , I am wanting...
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    16A device on a 15A breaker, do I need to replace the breaker?

    I'm going to have to replace my faulty EVSE car charger with a new one. The Clipper Creek one is pretty pricey, so I'm looking at a much less expensive Zencar. The concern is that it says it requires 16A. My garage has a single 15A breaker for it that's in the house, but I don't know the size...
  12. Sparked Out

    Spur off a spur.... make safe with 16A MCB from ring?

    Just recently has some work done on a conservatory, and in the process discovered that the 2 double sockets are not part of a ring main... looks like one is a spur off the back of a ring socket in the main house, and the second is a spur off of that :eek: So, question is, if I replace the ring...
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    Help needed for buying the right 16a plug please!

    Hello, I'm putting a PA system in a pub and the mains trips easily so I need to use the blue 16a wall socket. Last time I bought a 13a socket-to-16a plug but it was slightly too small and didn't fit - the end of the plug is 41 mm in diameter, and the socket diameter of the inner ring where the...
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    16A oven ok on existing set up?

    Hi all, I appreciate that this is a question that has been answered a lot but each response I could find was for slightly different set up to mine, so hoping you guys might be able to advise. If any work is needed I will get an electrician out, but don't really want to take time off work and...
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    AM2 Testing - 16a Socket Outlet

    Hi all, Just thought of something regarding testing the 16a socket outlet. When testing R1+R2, would you do the same process for the motor circuit? So test at the top of isolator for L1 to E, then use the socket adapter to test the singles L1 to E and add the two results together? Then the same...
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    16A rotary isolator help

    Currently have feed to 16A rotary isolator, I’m gonna come of this with 2.5mm to a socket then to a fused connection unit to feed 2 lights if lid this ok
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    6mm 32A radial to supply 2 3.65kw 16a ovens

    Hi, Doing wiring for a kitchen co. Done plenty of these recently, but we've been doing all wiring from scratch and have just run 16a radials direct from board. In this instance it's a ballache to run back to board, and I've got a perfectly decent 6mm cable from board to oven location. I'm...
  18. Alan Smith

    Use of 16a 230v ip44 plugs & sockets outside laying on wet grass / leaves

    Just wondered what people's thoughts were on the use of 16a 230v ip44 plugs / sockets used on cable lighting for a Christmas event with most connectors being left on wet grass or leaves, there are lots of these connectors in use and are accessable by children as it is a public area. My thoughts...
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    Replacing 13A flex outlet with 16A

    Hi, I'm replacing a microwave oven rated at 13A with one rated at 16A. This plus a conventional oven are fed from a 32A MCB in a consumer unit, via a single 6mm2 T&E cable to two 13A fused flex outlet switches. The original installation was professionally done seven years ago. Can I replace...
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    13A to 16A cooker options

    Hello all Advice required before I speak to an electrician. My oven is knackered so I am replacing it. It is a 13A type, but I am replacing with a 16A rated one that needs a dedicated circuit. We're going to be redoing the kitchen soon, but for the next few months until then I'd rather not have...
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