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  1. F

    Adding sockets to a radial circuit in different directions

    Hi. I have a radial circuit supplying electricity to the garage (part of the house). It's on a 20amp breaker, uses 2.5mm cable. It currently only supplies a single socket. Before anyone asks, its 100% a radial circuit. 6 months ago I had an electrician install a new consumer unit, and the...
  2. F

    UK Spur from a Spur (via FCU in Grid) - Scotland

    Hi All Apologies if this is a silly question. I’m looking to to add a double socket just before an under counter washing machine socket (unswitched at faceplate) which is supplied via a grid switch (photo attached). Is it within the regs if the 2 gang grid is swapped to a 3 gang & and a 13a...
  3. oracle

    Class 2 Spur to outside socket

    "Class 2" Spur off kitchen ring to IP 56 locked S/O. on outside wall of garden flat. Customer unhappy with unsatisfactory EICR. "It's always locked and I only use it to charge my laptop when I'm sitting at the garden table". I pointed out that it was wrong and I can't let it go, things change...
  4. B

    Cannot have a Spur off a spur but can use an extension lead?

    Probably a stupid question but why is it that you cannot (I think) run a spur off a spur but can connect an extension lead with loads of sockets on it? My son needs about six sockets in a new kitchen where there is only one double socket at present. How can it be done? As a matter of interest...
  5. J

    UK Spur off a 4mm twin and earth, 32amp radial

    I have a dedicated radial from the consumer unit to my conservatory. This was installed using 4mm twin and earth as it gives the option to use multiple electric heaters on a 32amp breaker if needed. The circuit consists 4 double sockets plus one single socket on the end, in a weatherproofed...
  6. B

    Fused spur burn out

    Any thoughts as to why a fused spur connected correctly would burn out and melt the unit? Surely if it is pulling too much current (which is possible as it was feeding a socket used for car charging) the 13amp fuse in the unit would have blown before it got too hot and melted.
  7. T

    UK Hello can I spur of a double socket for a led bathroom light

    How do wire up a led mirror in the bathroom what the best circuit to come off
  8. B

    Spur from ring

    Hi all, Apologies if this has already been posted but I can’t find the answer. It is considered ok to be able to install a socket outlet spurred from a 32A ring. Would it be considered ok to install one single socket directly from the 32A MCB in 2.5 T&E. One socket straight from the MCB...
  9. CrazeUK

    Running a 4 gang off a spur

    Hi all. I have an area of the kitchen with no work surface and no electric supply. I want to make this area usable and move the coffee machine (1kw, assuming 4.5amps) and baby steriliser (600w assuming 3amps) to that area without making huge modifications to the electrics. The current kitchen...
  10. Msitekkie

    Why does RCD trip when fused spur switched on

    I was called out last night to an RCD trip issue. I found that switching on the fused spur to the washing machine would cause the trip & I could only reset the RCD after switching it off. Straightforward up to that point, but after unplugging the washing machine, then disconnecting the spur...
  11. R

    Ireland Exterior socket plus switch controlled light on existing spur

    I want to replace an existing sensor activated exterior light with a RCD socket and a switch controlled light. Is this OK to do. So interrupt existing wire with RCD. Connect top outlet of RCD to external light switch. Connect bulkhead light to light switch?
  12. msteel9999

    UK Spur blowing RCD

    I'm trying to connect a spur to an existing outlet but when I use an appliance on the spur socket the rcd trips. I've tested the rcd and it has 19 amps capacity which is as expected. I've also tried connecting to a different socket on the same rcd and it also trips. What I don't understand is...
  13. M

    Is this odd . . . . or Not??

    I am a first user to the forum. Hopefully you can put my mind at rest. Quick description of problem. I have a three-bedroomed semi-detached house built in 1964, thankfully, with plastic sheathed cable. Recently a 32mp breaker tripped which ran all the sockets in that part of the house...
  14. littlespark

    Is this right? Switch fuse spur

    Customer supplied shiny metal accessories, varilight through TLC. the switch fused spurs are prebuilt from grid components, but where they have put the link, it shows line supply into fuse first, then through dp switch. Neutral only goes through switch. I thought it would go through switch...
  15. T

    Trendiswitch fused spur - no earth

    Looking to replace 3 fused spurs in the kitchen - have bought Trendiswitches as love them and gradually replacing all the old electrics round the house with them. First time I've looked at a fused spur, took off the old one, with an earth each side, the Trendiswitch is not earthed? Can I...
  16. F

    Running electrical cable in plastic D-Line trunking

    Hi. I am planing on building a (not sure what to call it) U shaped storage solution which goes either side and above the headboard of a bed. I want to install a couple of reading lights either side. A mixture of me not being bothered and running out of money means I cant run cable on the...
  17. F

    Replacing a 2g socket with a FCU

    Hi. I have just bought a house which has a semi converted garage which would be perfect as my workshop. Currently there is one 2g socket available with a single T&E cable and it is likely that this is a spur from a socket the other side of the wall. I really need more sockets, probably five or...
  18. L

    Fused spur for under counter socket

    Hi, I'm currently looking at moving a socket so it's under the worktop for a washing machine in the kitchen, however I need to be able to switch off the socket. Am I right in thinking that I need to fit a fused spur above the worktop in order to do this?
  19. B

    Spur socket from light switch

    I'm trying to install a 3 pin socket, high above a door, for an Echo Dot the idea is so it doesn't 1. Get in the way; 2. Take up a an existing socket. I've got a pull string light switch right next to where I want to install it and, because the draw isn't going to be too much from the light...
  20. A

    Adding an additional socket in ring circuit question

    Hi, I am a DIY person (ie. not a qualified electrician) so I am sure this is a basic question but please bear with me. I am looking to add a socket to the garage. I was looking at various online resources on how to wire this up and came across many videos and articles that said that if you...

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