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    Radial circuit help

    Hi, I went to look at job; it is a 2.5mm2 radial coming from the CU (from a 32A MCB) to two sockets and the sockets are using two appliances which are a 3.6 kW combi oven and a 2.5 kW 2 plate electric hob, what i've been told that it trips at the CU and sometimes it doesn't trip and the...
  2. J

    What tests for new radial circuit

    Job is to install one or two new sockets in a commercial premises. Possibly on a new radial circuit or an extension to ring. If extension on a ring them a Minor electrical certificate is required together with all relevant testing. However if a new radial circuit is the way a full EIC...
  3. B

    Electrician Jobs Radial Adding socket into radial circuit protected by 32amp RCB

    Just after a bit of advice regarding the following. First up I am not electrically qualified and know limits of what I would and would not attempt but am electrically read. The situation is that I have a radial power circuit fed from the consumer board and protected by a 32amp RCB feeding 5...
  4. Y

    Can I use a 32 amp rcbo on a radial circuit.

    Hello Is it OK to use a 32 amp rcbo on a radial Circuit. Cable size is 6mm2, cable length is about 15 m. There are 4 double plugs on the circuit. Loads are kettle 2.2 kw, washing machine max 2 kw, electric cooker 1 kw. Cheers
  5. sjhall

    4mm t&e radial circuit

    Hi Lads Do any of you guys run radial socket circuits ( with multiple points ) in 4mm ? Do you find 2 x 4mm in the back of a socket a squeeze? Only asking as I've just been passed 2 x 100m drums of 4mm off the lad doing the solar on a job I'm on for doing him a favour.... so 4mm radial...
  6. S

    adding fused FCU to radial circuit in kitchen

    Hi, I am fitting a new kitchen and would like to know if it's ok to connect switched 13amp FCU onto a radial circuit. The kitchen has a radial circuit with 4 x double sockets fitted - 2.5 twin and earth cable. I would like to add 4 x 13amp switched FCU's - one from each double socket so as I can...
  7. R

    16amp radial circuit additional sockets

    Hi all I am looking to add 2 additional 2G sockets to an existing 16amp radial circuit that has 2 1G sockets on it. It’s a 3 story house and the consumer unit is in the Cellar. There are two rooms on the top floor and two radial circuits are feed from the one 16amp MCB with no RCB fitted. I...
  8. E

    Radial circuit for appliances

    Refurbishing a kitchen and was looking to put the appliances on a radial circuit as they are all very close together for spurring off the ring main. Had originally planned 2.5mm t&e and 16 or 20 amp fuse for Fridge freezer, dishwasher and hob with fuse spurs in the cupboard. Client now wants to...
  9. steptoe84

    Running a radial circuit in bedroom. He

    HI, I'm renovating my house room by room and am turning what was the kitchen into a bedroom. Anyway, I've ran a new 2.5T&E cable from the consumer unit to the bedroom and want to know if this is an acceptable way to wire the room as it will make it much easier if this is allowed. Just not...
  10. T

    R1 R2 on Radial circuit

    Just installed a small length radial circuit. Total length from board no more than 2 meters. Halfway along is a FCU and a double socket at the end. Linked line and earth and tested at the socket and got a R1 R2 reading of 0.10 ohms,hit the switches to confirm polarity and the reading stays the...
  11. 247 handyman

    How to check if a fuse feeds a ring final or 2 radial circuit

    Hi guys. I need to check if I have a ring or 2 radial running from a fuse. I have an old wylex fuse box in which someone has put a blue 15amp fuse in a red 30amp carrier. If I disconnect the 2 cables and check for continuity of the 2 lines then the 2 neutrals will this tell me if I have a ring...
  12. B

    Radial circuit

    ive got some sockets in my garage at the last socket I want to put a socket either side of it can I just run 1 cable each side?
  13. M

    2.5mm Radial Circuit- Rcbo Question

    Hi all, Having currently finished a new install comprising of offices and an adjoining warehouse we have now been told by our QS that we need to change upto 99 breakers across 17 DBs!!!! Basically we have installed a lot of 2.5mm T&E radial circuits serving floor boxes. The runs are a max of...
  14. R

    Timer for a Radial Circuit

    Hi, First off I apologise if there is already a topic going for this or if it is a daft question. I'm currently in the first year of my course so any help would be appreciated. How would I go about putting a timer on a Radial circuit that has about 3 sockets on it? Again any advice on the...
  15. S

    Spurs off Spurs on radial circuit

    So you can spur off Spurs on a radial socket circuit, is this because the cable is protected via a 20amp breaker at the board compared to 32amp on a ring?
  16. T

    Radial circuit and the use of spurs

    I currently have an integral garage fed by a radial circuit protected by a 32A MCB and wired with 4mm T&E cable. This feeds just two power points in the garage (and nothing else). i wish to redesign this circuit to provide several more power points and would like to check whether my proposed...
  17. S

    Radial Circuit off a Spur

    I seem to have located a radial circuit in the loft conversion. The Circuit is the Ring circuit from the Middle Floor which supplies only 4 single sockets on the Middle Floor, 2 single sockets in each room. In Each room there is a ring circuit and a spur. My Problem is when i Removed 1 of the...
  18. J

    Max number of sockets allowed on a radial circuit in order to comply?

    Hi all, Just wondering if anybody knew why the max number of sockets you can have on a radial circuit covered by a 20amp breaker, and fed by 2.5 T&E in order to comply with regs? Cheers
  19. S

    High zs reading on a radial circuit

    I have a high zs reading of 312 ohms on a radial circuit, r1+r2 is 1.82. Earths seems fine in the sockets....any suggestions?
  20. H

    radial circuit

    i had a couple of sockets put in about 12 year a go and was thinking of adding another for tv on wall and was looking under floorboards and it looks like its done on a radial circuit as it come straight from the fuse box and ends at the 2nd socket ,it is also wired to the up stairs socket fuse...

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