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tawraste
i'd just like to say thank you for all of your help.
the reason the thread rambled forward is because i failed
to understand the whole concept involved with the spur
issue. in fact, browsing throughout the internet leads to
many forums with very similar threads, and because i am
learning i wanted to understand fully. i am afraid that i was
led astray by the statement "you can't put a spur on a spur".
combinations of your solutions and the above ammendment to
the regs has enabled me to understand the problem fully.
i should also have realised that you were prompting me for
load figures - i apologise ! i missed that entirely !
for the record - a little strimmer and a radio will be the extent
of the maximum demand, perhaps a radio in the evening
with the decking lights. with 5A going to the lights there will
still be loads to spare. whilst the ring is in the kitchen it does
not feed any heavy loads - its a new ring for a medium
size extension to the kitchen just to provide a bunch of
twin sockets.
i think i am going to go with the 5A plug on the transformer
only because it is a lot cheaper than adding a switch to ip55
or higher. also, i have only managed to find a fused switch
that is weatherproof to 10A so far.
the reason the thread rambled forward is because i failed
to understand the whole concept involved with the spur
issue. in fact, browsing throughout the internet leads to
many forums with very similar threads, and because i am
learning i wanted to understand fully. i am afraid that i was
led astray by the statement "you can't put a spur on a spur".
combinations of your solutions and the above ammendment to
the regs has enabled me to understand the problem fully.
i should also have realised that you were prompting me for
load figures - i apologise ! i missed that entirely !
for the record - a little strimmer and a radio will be the extent
of the maximum demand, perhaps a radio in the evening
with the decking lights. with 5A going to the lights there will
still be loads to spare. whilst the ring is in the kitchen it does
not feed any heavy loads - its a new ring for a medium
size extension to the kitchen just to provide a bunch of
twin sockets.
i think i am going to go with the 5A plug on the transformer
only because it is a lot cheaper than adding a switch to ip55
or higher. also, i have only managed to find a fused switch
that is weatherproof to 10A so far.
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