Wiring for a new kitchen

[bulgariasteve]

Hi folks - some advice please! I am about to start fitting a new kitchen into our house here in Bulgaria and will be fitting new electric cable. The room is 3 metre square and I want to fit 3 double sockets on one wall and 4 double sockets on 2 of the other 3 walls (2 per wall) above the working surfaces plus 2 under the counter sockets for the fridge and dishwasher. There will also be 2 wall mounted switches for the cooker and extractor fan. 2 walls face the outside and are to be plasterboarded and insulated. The new cable will be running along the ceiling which is made from reinforced concrete slabs.The ceiling will also be plasterboarded after the cables are fitted. There will be a seperate cable for the cooker. The house is wired 3 phase.

Q1. Ring main or radial (1 radial or 2) 2.5mm.
Q2. Should the cable be in conduit or just clipped to the ceiling.
Q3. 6mm cable for the cooker?

Any other advice would be most welcome. Cheers, Steve

 

[bulgariasteve]

I thought ring final circuits were somewhat of a UK-thing (post-WW2 and all that), and not commonly used elsewhere, or am I wrong about this?

Yes I think you are right. Cheers, Steve

 

[The Ghost]

As a matter of interest, it being Bulgaria, are you in an older type installation with no earth, or modern with an earth? And what type of sockets will you be using, two pin or three? And what is your supply rated at in terms of fuse capacity?

 

[bulgariasteve]

As a matter of interest, it being Bulgaria, are you in an older type installation with no earth, or modern with an earth? And what type of sockets will you be using, two pin or three? And what is your supply rated at in terms of fuse capacity?

The house was built in about 1975 so has no seperate earth wire within the cableing. However there is an earth strap at the fuse box that is joined to the neutral return. The sockets are 2 pin with an earth connection, so plugs can be fitted either way up into the sockets. Not too sure how to answer your last question, but when we moved in the original main switch was a 3 phase 100amp switch. Since the electricity board has put in a new meter (now 100 metres from the house) the on/off switch next to the meter is a 3 phase mcb switch rated at 60 amps. Cheers - Steve

 

[buzzlightyear]

I would have thought that in Europe. they do not do ring circuits but radials,like they do in Spain.

 

[westward10]

Is Spain not in Europe.

 

[buzzlightyear]

most of the circuits weather in Bulgaria or Europe or Spain, will be round pin sockets on radials

 

[The Ghost]

The house was built in about 1975

Mhmm, well sounds very out of my area Bulgaria. I think our standards just in no way apply to your situation. I would hardly dare comment on rings or radials for you.