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  1. P

    Rings or Radials

    Haven't been in the domestic side of things for a while.... I own a standard 3 bed house which is 30 yrs old 1x 50 amp cooker 1x 30amp RFC (for entire house) 1x 15amp immersion heater 1x 5amp upstairs lights 1x 5amp downstairs lights Going to add and move sockets in kitchen.... In the past...
  2. tuckermot

    Domestic rewire radials or ring final,s ???

    Hi all normaly on my rewires i do ring finals but on the rewire i am about to start in april ( 3 bed semi ) i was considering using radials for the sockets using 4mm t&e and 32a mcb just want to know is any one eles out there rewireing domestic properts using radials or sticking to ring fianals...
  3. D

    Ring mains? Is this true?

    Hi guys, I have Hurd a few times now that ring mains will soon be fazed out due to the risk of danger if the ring is split! Is it now advisable to just install radial circuits? Thanks for your help
  4. R

    lack of high intergrity earthing on computer socket radials

    hi this installation was carried out in the 1995 ish advice please on what code should be issused for a server room and also floor sockets (althought server room and floor room are on sepearate circuits) wired in 2.5 / 1.5 TW&E as radials with no high integrity earth i.e only one earth...
  5. W

    Convert Ring Circuit to 2 Radial Circuits?

    Hi there, Whats the best way to convert a Ring Circuit which feeds all the sockets in the house, to 2 Radial Circuits. Its an 1960s house so only has one ring circuit. Would like to know the easiest way of doing this without lifting floorboards if possible. Im unsure where the 2 legs of the...
  6. D

    ring main fault

    hi my customer wants me to change her fuseboard for a 17th edition at her home.i went today to pretest the circuits and found that there was no neutral continuity on the kitchen ring and no earth continuity on the upstairs ring.My client has just had the whole house decorated and the decorators...
  7. V

    Fault on ring but ok as 2 radials?

    Hi, iam wondering if anyone can give me some advice, i have a fault on a ring where there is short between live - earth on the IR test, but when split into 2 x radials there is no fault. When as 2 x radials all results are >999 but when its then connected as a ring the readings are between 802...
  8. J

    Kitchen Circuits - design loadings.

    Looking at a kitchen design. Long galley kitchen with units both sides, which I feel suits a radial layout. With one radial down each side, plus cooker. Just not yet decided, on the design loadings. Someone will want to plug in a 2kw microwave/combi oven, and a kettle somewhere, probably when...
  9. Doomed

    3 phase ring?

    At the moment have two 3 phase 16mm swa radials, each one going around the edge of a building with 16A outlets at regular interval of alternate phases. A extension is to be built at the back of the building, with toilets (hand dryers etc) and showers in. Would it be possible to extend the 2...
  10. R

    Ring and Radial Sockets

    Sometime ago I had my 15yr old, wanting to know the advantages and disadvantages of a ring to a radial sockets, and all I could think of was, you dont have to worry about volt drop in a ring and how much costly it could be, then I realised :banghead: I had been in the trade for while and felt...
  11. S

    Scedule of Test results - radials

    Hi, when filling out a schedule of test results, and recording the results of a radial (in this case socket outlets) do you need to point out it is a radial or would it be obvious that because the "ring" is not ticked ,it is a radial thanks SP
  12. R

    New Kitchen Circuits

    As part of an ongoing renovation (bought a house with "some internal upgrading required" but we knew what we were in for) we're fitting a new kitchen. My initial plan was as follows; 30A radial circuit (4mm T&E) for the sockets (4 double sockets) and integrated appliances (washing machine...
  13. R

    Leaving Rings behind going Radials ????

    Just pondering as a lecturer mentioned to me ideally that industry would like to phase Rings out and go down just the radial route in domestic environment How do you guys feel? any of you already really trying to go down this rd..? say the kitchen for appliances on separate 16amp supplies. or...
  14. E

    Safe isolation Continuity between live and neutral main switch

    At the board I have isolated the installation, when proving dead my voltage tester is indicating continuity between the live and neutral terminals of the main switch. No voltage just continuity. Switched all mcb's off and on and found when 2 radials are on its indicating continuity! Any reason...
  15. M

    Splitting a ring in to many radials, gradually, in an inhabited house

    Ok, here's a scenario I'd like to ask with my "Student" hat on as I'm still learning. Please do not answer with the "Just go and get a qualified electrician to do it" as I'd like to understand the practicalities involved... A 2up, 2down (plus bathroom) house with a single ring final circuit for...
  16. S

    2 Radials into a 32A B type breaker and other wonders !!!

    Hi all, Hope you guys are all enjoying the nice weather and not working inside some dark small cupboard like I was today !!!! Anyway, here is the scenario. Neighbour comes over this morning and says her fuse for downstairs has tripped and cannot be re-set. I go and take a quick look and test and...
  17. E

    Radials - earth return

    Does anybody put these in... What would the bods say?
  18. the pict

    Radials radials every where

    I am doing a I&T on an older part of a hotel and all (socket) circuits have been completed as radials, not a problem But, there have been so many additions, alterations, and generally screwed around with, spurs, well more like spurred radials of the original radial, interconnections IE a loop...
  19. mattyhop

    Shut off switch

    Hi all, Can anyone help with this: I have a kitchen installation to wire in a restaurant. I will be coming off the existing DB running to the services. There is a mixture of circuits from 6mm radials to 2.5mm ring mains. I have been asked to install a push button cut off switch that...
  20. P

    Storage/convector Heater Circuits?

    Hi Guys. Main heating in a new build bungalow is 3 storage+convector heaters and 2 convector heaters. I haven't installed storage heaters before. I understand that if a fixed heater is rated more than 2Kw, you should put it on a seperate radial circuit (can someone tell me where I've read...

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