Sometimes electricians make me sick

[The Ranger]

needs no words

 

[The Ranger]

I was told many years ago that the ring came about in council houses built after the war with one single socket per room to allow the use of a single bar electric heater in every room, luxury knew no bounds eh. Not sure if thats an old wives tale but if it isnt true it should be.

was more to do with saving cable as copper was expensive and in short supply. a 30A RFC used less cable than the equivalent ccc of 15A radials, which, frequently were installed 1 radial to 1 socket

the ring circuit now known as the ring final circuit was born from the Rhodesian copper crisis

 

[Engineer54]

There were designs on the table for the ring circuit, dating back to 1940, so the ring wasn't born from any crisis or copper shortage. It was however one of the reasons it became adopted relatively quickly after the end of WW11.... Probably why so many folk think it was the ONLY reason for the ring circuit being adopted!!

 

[The Ranger]

There were designs on the table for the ring circuit, dating back to 1940, so the ring wasn't born from any crisis or copper shortage. It was however one of the reasons it became adopted relatively quickly after the end of WW11.... Probably why so many folk think it was the ONLY reason for the ring circuit being adopted!!

I wasn't there so I can't comment but I can comment on what I was taught.