upstairs & down stairs????or Not!!

[Smilers]

Hi all just wondered if anybody else had seen this before? Ok i carried out a test on a domestic property only to find that the two Ring FC's had been wired so that one circuit was the front of the house both upstairs and downstairs and the 2nd circuit was the rear of the house approx 6-8 sockets on each RFC. I have seen before the landing socket being wired into the downstairs ring and vice versa for obvious reasons, but not front and back. The house is mid 80's build it has not had any extensions so the obvious is not a possibility. Cheers Gents:smile5:

 

[Engineer54]

Currently doing a kitchen extension....10 appliance radials....2 rings...2 sockets radials...3 lighting circuits..smokes....just in the kitchen....Whatever happened to a couple of sockets,cooker and a 5ft flu on the ceiling?:ninja:

What's that for, The Hilton Hotels kitchen?? I don't think we have that many circuits in our commercial kitchen on this project!!! What are those 10 appliance circuits actually feeding, for them to need dedicated radials??

There's no-way that's a domestic kitchen ...lol!!!

 

[Deleted member 9648]

What's that for, The Hilton Hotels kitchen?? I don't think we have that many circuits in our commercial kitchen on this project!!! What are those 10 appliance circuits actually feeding, for them to need dedicated radials??

There's no-way that's a domestic kitchen ...lol!!!

Tis' mate...there's a hob,top spec microwave,steam oven,normal oven,3 warming drawers,,electric aga,american style fridge,american style matching wine chiller...all appliance manufacturers specs recommend dedicated circuits,although all the warming drawers could really go on a 30a radial,might as well run separate 20a radials as manufacturers spec...Oh,and forgot to mention no less than 3 floor heating circuits going in as well!

 

[trev]

i wa told that was how houses were rewired in the old days, in 2 halves ,up and down front up and down back . so you would still have electric on each floor if the fuse blew

The housing company in Newcastle were still putting left and right rings on their spec about three years ago when I was subbing for Mears

 

[hasel5]

If we do a new build we still wire a small 3 bed with a kitchen ring and an up and down ring for the rest of sockets saves a lot of cable and time believe me

 

[stuart569]

How can wiring an extra ring save cable?or time?A waste of cable and time imo

 

[D Skelton]

yet i'll bet there's nobody on here ain't got a pair of cutters/pliers without skid marks to match his underpants.

Not yet, but the end of my thumb is still numb after almost a year!

 

[PC Electrics]

My house is wired 'left and right' for sockets. One rfc does the lounge and two beds above plus landing and one kitchen socket. The other does the dining / utility / kitchen and the two beds above plus hallway (the house has a central hs&l). It's quite a good layout because the kitchen and utility are nearer the centre of the rfc as it is than they would have been if it were split up/down