bit of help please and advise

[daveyballs]

can i use this free 6mm cable now to wire direct to fused spur 6mm cable
then run of fused spur 2.5mm cable to 2 double sockets .. from one to the other

so it be 32amp consumer 6mm cable to fused spur ,, then 2.5mm cable from fused spur to double socket ,, then spur to another double socket

any advice think it be a radial circuit

cheers

thanks for letting me join

 

[davesparks]

Free 6mm cable?

 

[Octopus]

Tried looking in your BGB?

 

[Meggerman]

I take by free 6mm, you mean redundant and available. If there is RCD protection included then there is nothing against regulations there.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

so why dont you just drop the I N down at the origin of the circuit rather than putting in an FCU?


give it 20A top end...

 

[davesparks]

Or just put the sockets on the end of the 6mm, 32A socket radials are still allowed aren't they?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Or just put the sockets on the end of the 6mm, 32A socket radials are still allowed aren't they?

yep.

i would be asking about the competency of the OP though....askin stuff like this...

 

[Meggerman]

The OP does computer repairs and is not electrically qualified. He is going to find it easier terminating with FCU and then on to 2.5mm.

 

[davesparks]

why? terminating 6mm into a twin socket in a twin pattress where there is twice the space is a lot easier than into a FCU in a single pattress.

And to be perfectly honest I don't think any regulation or best practice allows for what is easiest for an amateur to do to be considered!

 

[telectrix]

32A , 6mm radial to both sockets. use 35mm back boxes. sssimplesss

 

[Meggerman]

why? terminating 6mm into a twin socket in a twin pattress where there is twice the space is a lot easier than into a FCU in a single pattress.

And to be perfectly honest I don't think any regulation or best practice allows for what is easiest for an amateur to do to be considered!

He states he is fitting two. You can't terminate 2 x 6mm in 13A socket outlet without a serious haircut (OP do NOT do this). Other wise he will have split 6mm.

 

[davesparks]

eh? use a decent quality socket and you can. the outgoing would only need to be 4mm anyway and could possibly even be 2.5mm depending on situation.

 

[Meggerman]

eh? use a decent quality socket and you can. the outgoing would only need to be 4mm anyway and could possibly even be 2.5mm depending on situation.

This is just going to confuse OP to be honest. His original plan is compliant so why deviate?

 

[davesparks]

There's more to this game than mere compliance with non-statutory regulations.

 

[Meggerman]

There's more to this game than mere compliance with non-statutory regulations.

With respect, not in this case. It was a simple question from the OP.