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Asked to put a new 32amp cooker circuit into an old wylex 6 way board. Explained that I needed to split meter tails and install a new CU with RCD protection for cooker. Suggested a new CU for the whole house but customer unwilling to pay and insists on wiring new cooker circuit to old board which I am unwilling to do as no RCD protection. I am happy to walk away from the job but I noticed that there is a 5 socket radial circuit (2 sockets are in the kitchen) with 2.5mm cable except for the cable from the old wylex CU to the first socket which is only 1.5mm. Explained it had to be changed to a ring main with the correct cable and hence it will also need RCD protection. It is a dangerous setup and customer insists it has worked for years so unwilling to pay for corrective work. I can't just walk away and leave it unsafe! Do I just remove the 1.5mm cable between CU and first socket for safety reasons, upsetting the customer as the sockets will no longer work, or am I expected to do all the corrective work at my own expense by converting it to a ring main (without RCD)? I feel at present that I should remove the 1.5mm cable and tell the upset customer that he needs to get it properly repaired when he has the money. He is running a dishwasher, tumble drier and washing machine on these sockets at present!! Any thoughts?
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