Connecting a socket to a switch?? In kitchen

[Jock from the north]

It is fused

Surely the correct way to feed the boiler if using 1.00 mm would be to fuse it down before it leaves the socket

 

[mainline]

Surely the correct way to feed the boiler if using 1.00 mm would be to fuse it down before it leaves the socket

What code did these attract ?

 

[Jock from the north]

What code did these attract ?

A c3 improvement reccomended ,would you have coded it atol?I was merely referring more to the original post where the boiler switch in question maybe fed from a socket in 1.00mm

 

[mainline]

A c3 improvement reccomended ,would you have coded it atol?I was merely referring more to the original post where the boiler switch in question maybe fed from a socket in 1.00mm

If the 1.mm fed from a ring final is quite short and not likely to get damaged, feeds a Fcu that is suitably fused then no in my opinion it wouldn't attract a code.

Ideally it should be on its own circuit.

 

[Jock from the north]

If the 1.mm fed from a ring final is quite short and not likely to get damaged, feeds a Fcu that is suitably fused then no in my opinion it wouldn't attract a code.

Ideally it should be on its own circuit.

In the blue book bs7671 table 52.3 it states power circuits should have a minimum of 1.5mm csa

If the 1.mm fed from a ring final is quite short and not likely to get damaged, feeds a Fcu that is suitably fused then no in my opinion it wouldn't attract a code.

Ideally it should be on its own circuit.

In the blue book bs7671 minimum csa for power circuits states 1.5mm and 1.00mm for lighting but this has been ammended on brown book to 1.00mm for both .we used to always wire boilers in 1.5 .table 52.3 .not including manufacturers appliance flex .in saying that we always used 1.00 for smoke alarms which isn't a light although could be part of lighting circuit

 

[shocksl]

Hey i opened it up .

It's connected to its on MCB at 6amps. Also its part of an RCB protection. As when I pulled down the rcb connection. It turned off the switch and boiler too.

The cable looks 2mm.

 

[Jock from the north]

Hey i opened it up .

It's connected to its on MCB at 6amps. Also its part of an RCB protection. As when I pulled down the rcb connection. It turned off the switch and boiler too.

The cable looks 2mm.View attachment 119771

It's hard to tell size of cable 1.5 or 2.5 but the fact it is on a 6 amp mcb would suggest it might be 1.5mm2 so best left alone .

 

[shocksl]

It's hard to tell size of cable 1.5 or 2.5 but the fact it is on a 6 amp mcb would suggest it might be 1.5mm2 so best left alone .

What's the best way to find out as to what size it is?

 

[Jock from the north]

What's the best way to find out as to what size it is?

It would be written on the outer sheath if you can see that at consumer unit ,probably doubtful if you can ,if you had a small cutting of 2.5mm twin and earth you would see the difference immediately. Other wise you would need to use some type of callipers but I've never used them for that size of cable.best bet is to get hold of a 2 inch piece of 2.5 and compare .you could get an electrician to check. i would strongly advise against opening consumer unit lid after switching off main switch and compare your socket cables on the 32 amp mcb to the heating cable on 6 amp mcb due to safety reasons unless of course you are an electrician