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  1. R

    oven and hob on same radial ?

    HI guys may be the wrong forum, if it is apologies. I have a new hob 7.2kw and oven 4kw , I have laid a new 10mm t&e under my floorboards before tiling my floor and had an electrician friend come to have a look at connecting to consumer unit and connecting up the appliances. He's told me they...
  2. F

    Radial length

    Ok just a quick one got brane freeze here a 20a radial can be no more than 50m2 so if this is a straight run what length is it basically how do you convert square metre into metres in a straight run thanks in advance
  3. delano

    why not make all circuits radial?

    Why in the UK are we so fixated with ring circuits. I know decades ago it was decided to use the ring system as it was deemed to be cheaper but surely that can't be the case now.
  4. P

    What am I accountable for on CU change as got bad test results.

    Hi, all continuity test results are ok now I replaced all the loose earths in all the sockets and lamp holders around the house. The radial going off to feed the boiler/shower/not sure what else, all branches out of a old unfused spur where the neon no longer works, and this radial is where I am...
  5. D

    Circuit design query?

    Hi guys, Ive just come from a house to loo at a outbuilding they have. Its curently fed from the house C/U. The C/U main switch is a 80 amp rcd switch. The Outbuilding is fed by a 6mm armoured with arun of about 15 m off a 15amp mcb. it goes into to outbuilding to a 13 amp spur. From the SINGLE...
  6. F

    Ring or radial

    Just done some small alterations to a training room it's a 4mm radial in dado trunking that was already there there is 7 pcs to be plugged into circuit I suggested making it into a ring but the engineer were working for says its ok I thought all pcs had to be on ring du to high integratity earthing
  7. A

    Help! Supplying two ovens from a single radial

    Hello, I have a 6mm t&e protected radial circuit running from the CU to the kitchen, this was originally going to feed just a new Neff Oven, rated at 3.68KW total connected load ~ 16Amp. This was fine, but now it turns out that the new Microwave we’re getting is rated at 3.1KW total connected...
  8. K

    price quote for job

    Hello, recently qualified electrician. I’m doing a job for someone. They have a radial circuit which they want to convert to a ring. I need to run a wire from the last socket which is on the third floor back to the consumer unit. They person wants it done in conduit or trunking. I was wondering...
  9. L

    radial socket with 2 sockets

    Hi, Been asked to make a diagram for a radial socket circuit for the office with 2 sockets. kinda stuck... if anyone has any images would greatly appreciate it. also asked to produced one for a ring circuit for the workshop with 3 sockets. thanks.. uk regs
  10. L

    radial socket with 2 sockets

    Hi, Been asked to make a diagram for a radial socket circuit for the office with 2 sockets. kinda stuck... if anyone has any images would greatly appreciate it. also asked to produced one for a ring circuit for the workshop with 3 sockets. thanks.. uk regs
  11. J

    RFC testing , downstairs ring going upstairs to a long radial

    so end to end L-L 0.4 N-N 0.4 E-E 1.1 very reasonable , but when the l-n are crossed over at the consumer unit . ok down stairs but the reading goes up to 16 ohms upstairs but when l-e are crossed over at the consumer unit the last four sockets upstairs give no reading. at this point i am...
  12. M

    16A socket on a radial require 20A Overcurrent device, where's the reg?

    Hi all, I hope this is the right place to post this question. I'm revising for my 17th edition exam tonight, I qualified on the 15th edition too long ago to mention, and my on site guide says in section H3 that radial final circuits using 16A sockets complying with BS EN 60309-2 should be...
  13. 1Justin

    10A MCB for 1.5mm radial to sockets?

    CU job for a customer on a bit of a budget so little room for alterations. Part of the job, I find a small single garage conversion to ground floor bedroom (ie a small room), converted in 1980’s. Found to have it's four sockets supplied via 1.5mm ring. Anyhow, reconnecting into new CU, I...
  14. M

    Volt drop from radial spurred from ring main.

    I'm installing a gate supply at the end of a customers garden. My plan is to spur off internal ring main and run a radial roughly 100m to end of garden. Providing the long run cable is of adequate size to sustain 230v to the end of the garden am I right in thinking that I can tee off again at...
  15. R

    radial ring hybrid circuit.

    I've read about these circuit sand came across one today on a periodic (eicr) in a kitchen the spark has taken a 6mm into a 45a isolator and run a ring out on the load side to all the appliances. 60898 b32 rcd protected. In good condition to. Suppose it's not illegal it's out there!! rang the...
  16. N

    Warm Up Underfloor Heating

    Hi Guys im quoting for a job which has three different areas of underfloor heating all being the Warm up manufacturer , to be honest I have never fitted the stuff , from what I can gather the draw isn't huge and looks fine to run from the existing ring main , however one of the areas is...
  17. T

    radial

    How many sockets can be put on 2.5 radial?
  18. S

    4mm radial circuit

    I've just been flicking through the regs to do some cable calcs for a job and noticed that a 4mm 2 core cable installed using method B (under floors etc) has a capacity of 30A. However it is ok to connect to a 32A MCB for a radial socket circuit. Don't know if its just me missing something...
  19. K

    Use blue cable for live wire in radial circuit?

    Hi All I am not interested in carrying out any electrical work myself but have had some experience on a basic level and have discovered something that raised my eyebrows recently. I recently had somebody come and install lighting and power sockets in my garage, all cables are run through PVC...
  20. D

    doubled cable on a radial

    Hey guys I see this now and again on my rounds....8.5kw method C on 2 x 2.5mm cable......does it state anywhere in the regs that it a radial must be a single cable Or is it acceptable ? the very least i think its lazy not using 6mm but as always I'm well off from the more experienced guys think...

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