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  1. C

    Help with spurs from ring main

    Good evening. Currently sorting out my girlfriend’s flat for rent. I’ve found all sorts of bad electrical work. Can anyone advise if this is an acceptable way of connecting 2 spurs to the ring main? It will all be connected in a double back box behind a blank plate on a wall using 32amp rated...
  2. R

    To many spurs on ring circuit

    Evening all, Been to a job on Fri where the customer had a condition report completed. Two of the remedial identified was that there were too many spurs off spurs on the upstairs and downstairs circuit. There’s are separate circuits both rings which test okay etc. I looked at upstairs one...
  3. D

    Extra spur advice - fuse needed?

    Hi, I need to run a spur from a main ring socket, however, it already is supplying a spur ( double unused socket ). Is the only way to disconnect the unused spur? Or can I incorporate a fuse? What's the safe way to do this please? Thanks
  4. M

    How do fused spurs FCUs work.

    Hi, quick question. How do FCU's work? Do they just protect the load side and what I mean is, say you have a ring final with 2.5mm^2 protected by a 20a mcb at the consumer unit and you add a fused spur on that ring de-rated to 3a to supply a 1mm cable for lighting. Now say you start turning on...
  5. M

    Volt drop calculation on spurs off of a ring.

    Hello, New trainee electrician so sorry if this is a dumb question I feel confident with calculating the volt drop for a ring and radial circuit but am getting confused when in comes to incorporating a spur and and just wanted some help to confirm if I am calculating the volt drop at a fuse...
  6. P

    New member seeking advice on spurs ring mains

    Hi, I'm new to the site and wanted to seek some advice thanks, relating to adding fused spurs to existing ring mains in a commercial premises. Some of my other colleagues have been asked to explore ring main alterations, but they look after some site based kit and this is more related to...
  7. Adawkins1

    UK Both sockets in one bedroom are spurs

    I've noticed that both sockets in one of my bedrooms are spurs, they both have just the one cable going into them. I checked the nearest socket in the bedroom next door but that only has two cables going into it, so they can't be feeding off that? Anyway to tell if these two sockets are safe and...
  8. J

    Ring Final Circuit - spurs only

    I read that it is against the regs that a ring final circuit cannot be just a ring with with spurs off it. In short, a ring must have sockets on it which double up as junctions. I find that hard to believe.
  9. T

    2 fused spurs connected - why?

    Hi... I moved house fairly recently and I'm slowly uncovering 'quick fix jobs' all over the house from paint, render and now electrics.. I came across some electrics in the garage and I'm curious to know why they've done what they have and is it correct in any way, shape or form (and safe?!)...
  10. S

    Ring Fused Spurs and overload protection (433.1.204)

    Just a quick question from a new qualified sparky. So in 433.1.204 when it says the Iz of the cable must not be less than 20A for a ring final circuit. Does this include a radial fused spur taken off the ring final? If you install it in 2.5mm in trunking then the Iz is immediately down to 20A...
  11. OnlQQker

    3/5/13 Amp Fuses For Plugs And Fused Spurs...

    As most people really don't have an understanding of electricity whatsoever, and the amount of times I have come across the wrong size fuse in a plug or FCU. I don't know but surely this should be addressed somehow. Moulded plugs are all good as well on the new table lamp somebody has just...
  12. W

    Eicr code for spurs within bathroom zone 2 but inside cabinet

    Hi all Eicr being undertaken, what code if any would you consider for this scinario Small bathroom in a flat, with airing cupboard inside, no room for immersion and pump spurs (looks like spurs was inside airing cupboard at one point but cupboard has been made smaller to enlarge bathroom and...
  13. F

    Power to garage sockets and adding light.

    Hi everyone. I basically wanted to check to see if what I propose is correct. I had an electrician come round (pre covid) to install power to my garage (Detached from house). This is the setup he used. Spur off socket on ring main a short distance to a 13A switched FCU Cable from the FCU...
  14. Pretty Mouth

    Lighting from fused spurs

    Evening all. Your thoughts please: I was helping out another spark today. The job was to spur from a ring final to a 13A fused spur, to feed several sockets and some lighting in a loft conversion. For the lights (regular common or garden pendant sets) he asked me to fuse down further to 3A...
  15. B

    2 fused spurs

    Hi I wondered if anyone can offer some advice we bought a house and replaced the alarm, the installer said he would need to install a fuse spur. A year later we found another fused spur in the bedroom which once I removed the fuse it cut the power to the alarm. Is it ok to have 2 fused spurs?
  16. M

    Just checking my understanding of spurs off rings

    Have 18th ed and page 505 does say an unfused spur should feed one twin socket outlet. However if a 13amp fused spur is then connected to this and then to another socket is this not permissible? I can't see any potential for cable overloading? Thanks
  17. Markyd

    RCD switched fused spurs

    Hi everyone...i remember reading on here not so long ago about rcd switched fused spurs not being allowed for an addition to a circuit that didnt have a rcd as the regs now require that when you have an addition to a circuit the whole circuit must be protected not just the addition,,,could...
  18. Pretty Mouth

    Ring finals and fused spurs

    Evening all. The OSG says "As a rule of thumb for rings, unfused spur lengths should not exceed 1/8 the cable length from the spur to the furthest point of the ring.". Okay, so what is the maximum length for a fused spur then? I don't seem to be able to find the answer in the OSG or BBB...
  19. R

    Power wiring for fan Spurs

    Hi Just wondering if anyone would be able to help with this, have a circuit in a room with two fans one inside and one outside to be controlled by a double pole switch, and to be connected into spurs above the ceiling, anyone be able to tell me how to wire correctly?
  20. S

    lighting radial with multiple spurs/branches

    Hi guys, Might be a silly question but I cant seem to find a definitive answer anywhere but Is there an issue with branching from a radial lighting circuit? Reason I couldn't just wire them in series is because I am restricted on circuit length. I personally cant see why this would be a...

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