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  1. 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...
  2. G

    Radial off a ring circuit

    Hi all, I have been asked to add a couple of sockets and add power to an existing strip light (currently disconnected) in a garage. There is presently an SWA 2.5 mm cable that is apparently live but taped up, hanging loose in the garage which is fed from a 32a ring circuit located in a utility...
  3. N

    Redundant 6mm Cooker circuit to 4mm radial?

    Hi there. Just a discussion with a colleague. Is it acceptable to use a redundant 30A cooker circuit wired in 6mm, and downsize to 4mm via JB for a kitchen radial? For example, if there is one ring supplying a house and you would like to reduce the risk of overloading with all the...
  4. B

    Builder Dave

    Hi Gents, I've recently built an extension onto my mums house... bedroom, wet roon and kitchen. 3 double sockets in bedroom and 4 double sockets in kitchen above worktops... all on a 2.5mm single ring to a Starbreaker CU. Originally all the apliances (combined fridge/freezer and washing machine)...
  5. rolyberkin

    Final Circuits Non Dwelling

    Having gone back and forth through the onsite guide and BYB, am I right that with socket outlets in commercial premises it is the same as domestic 2.5mm and 100m2 ring main and 75m2 for a 4mm radial circuit? So application for diversity would be 32amp for first circuit and then 50% of every...
  6. R

    New circuits for shed.

    Hi. I own a large shed, currently served by 1 single socket, so need to make power points more accessible. My plan is to run two radial circuits, one down each side of shed with 4 double sockets on each circuit. Idea is to use 4.0mm2 t&e on a 32A rcbo for each circuit. Cable length from CU to...
  7. 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?
  8. N

    IR Testing on a radial FC with Combi Boiler

    Combi boiler on a dedicated radial circuit, has a FCU no neon with a 5amp fuse. Any special precautions need to be taken before applying 500V DC? Thanks in advance for any advice
  9. Lee Gold

    How do you test for ring or radial?

    I have sockets in my room but how do I test if it's ring or radial because I want to add another socket
  10. J

    Why is a cooker circuit generally 6mm and 32a

    As above why is this as I have had a thought and a 20a 2.5 mm cable would be sufficient? Even in my new built it has an oven and hob both 32a radials for each on 6mm cable? Each with a 13a plug on the appliance as diversity shows around 10a max. so even with an upgraded appliance I don't see...
  11. Dan Brown

    radial and ring

    Hi everyone I've come across a weird situation where somebody has got new sockets added, but from the board it is a radial in 6mm as there is one set of cables into the breaker, then when you look at the sockets (2 double sockets) it's got 2, 2.5mm cables going into both like it's a ring Does...
  12. sam400

    2.5mm on a 32a radial or not?

    Hi I recently ripped out a ring final circuit out of an old Proteus 3ph board. Customer only wanted a single 2G socket replaced. The MCBs are obsolete so I had to re use the C32 used originally supplied the ring. can I use 2.5mm cable? 32A radial but with 2.5mm cable- not something you would see...
  13. F

    Spurs on 4mm radial

    Good morning all, is it within regulations to add a spur to a radial wired in 4mm in a kitchen if the spur is also 4mm? The circuit is on a 32a rcbo. Thank you
  14. 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...
  15. haptism

    Using jb's for multi point lighting radial

    Since doing a bit of digging am i right in thinking that using jb's to branch off from a radial circuit for a single switch and associated lights is considered "old hat" nowdays. ?? Ive read the 17th ed recommends jb's be of the maintenance free type is they are non accessible, which is all...
  16. D

    Spuring off one socket

    I have one single socket on its own from a consumer unit. (10A) (no ring) Can I swap this to a double and then spur off another double from it? It means there will be an equal number of spurs than there are sockets which I have been told is a no no. Is this true? Thanks in advance
  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. G

    Schuko Sockets

    Are schuko (continental Europe) sockets installed on a 10, 16 or 20amp MCB? Schuko plugs have no fuse, so a 32 amp ring or radial would be illegal?
  19. G

    Eicr code

    Ring main wired in 2.5mm singles but only one cpc conductor. What code would you give?
  20. A

    2.5mm2 Ring Final Circuit vs 4.0mm2 Radial

    I recently read an article about the advantages of both the RFC and Radial circuits, after which I must admit that I am more swayed towards the Radial. What are others thoughts? What do you prefer and why?

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