Kitchen wiring - please tell me if I'm wrong....

[martom]

Hi, I need your advice again

I have a flat to do: Old CU, old wires colour, kitchen radial 4mm

To do - rewire kitchen, new CU

I checked the installation, will not trip the RCD

Now the question - I would like for my peace of mind run new cable from CU for the kitchen circuit, but the kitchen is ca 15m away from CU, newly redecorated corridor, lounge ets.

Q1) Is it OK to crimp new 4mm to the old one and just rewire the kitchen?

Q2) One of the bedroom sockets is powered by a kitchen circuit. Is it al-right by regulation?
Thanks
Tom

 

[martom]

Yes I am registered with part p scheme already. That's a strange thing for me as well. I am used to a situation that my qualifications are enough to do the job. No need to pay every year for proving something what was proved at school. Does GP need to be checked every year for his competence? does he pays for it??

 

[AP Electrical]

Martom is this job for yourself or a customer?

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Hi martom

As darkwood has said, the crimp will need to be spot on as it will carry a considerable current, potentially.

I understand what you are trying to achieve but am worried about that joint! Can you not use an enclosure to be sure and a maintained joint?

I will say what many will think, again please do not take the wrong way as I also know nothing about you or your past, training, etc.

It's just that your question is so basic (extending a cable). That was all.

Btw the thing with the bedroom socket - in my opinion mixing up sockets across rooms & circuits is the best design!

 

[martom]

Thanks for your support, i found a different solution for this. As there was a no used anymore 4 mm radial (old immersion heater which has been exchanged to combination boiler) finally i created 4mm ring circuit for kitchen, protected by 32A breaker. Connections has been made in a accessible enclosure in a cupboard near to the kitchen. No hidden joints, no worries about installation method.
I know that my question about cable connection was a basic one, but i didn't ask how to do it. I was only confused about one circuit - two wires colours by the regs.
Thanks for help;
all the best
Tom

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Great solution Tom, well done.

S.

 

[trev]

Listen Adam, stop poking your nose in.

I'm very sorry Ethelred, I'll try not to do it again

 

[jase]

Thanks for your support, i found a different solution for this. As there was a no used anymore 4 mm radial (old immersion heater which has been exchanged to combination boiler) finally i created 4mm ring circuit for kitchen, protected by 32A breaker. Connections has been made in a accessible enclosure in a cupboard near to the kitchen. No hidden joints, no worries about installation method.
I know that my question about cable connection was a basic one, but i didn't ask how to do it. I was only confused about one circuit - two wires colours by the regs.
Thanks for help;
all the best
Tom

Youve made a 4mm ring from an old 4mm radial???????

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Youve made a 4mm ring from an old 4mm radial???????

Hello jase

whats wrong with that ?

Bayonet fixed!

 

[Octopus]

Yes I am registered with part p scheme already. That's a strange thing for me as well. I am used to a situation that my qualifications are enough to do the job. No need to pay every year for proving something what was proved at school. Does GP need to be checked every year for his competence? does he pays for it??

Being checked annually for Part P isn't just about your qualifications, its about your insurance, your test equipment and calibration, the certificates you do, having jobs inspected by your scheme, checking you have the correct and up to date regs books..... and this is planned to be introduced for doctors

 

[GLENNSPARK]

OP states it is a flat. Most likely concrete floors.

yeah....so why o why do these numptys decorate throughout....then decide `Ooh..that new kitchen layout looks nice`...lol....what a set of dimmers...lol...

 

[Gravid]

Youve made a 4mm ring from an old 4mm radial???????

Sounds like he's made a 4mm ring from old 2.5mm stranded to me.

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Sounds like he's made a 4mm ring from old 2.5mm stranded to me.

C'est possible.

 

[SYKRAPS]

What about the socket behind the hob?

 

[Octopus]

Sounds like he's made a 4mm ring from old 2.5mm stranded to me.

or could it even be 7/029?