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  1. popeyedwazza

    UK Can you have 3 13 amp fcus in series on its own radial 16amp with each supplying single socket

    Hi everyone. Im new here... I need advice on wether it is safe and okay to have 3 × 13amp fcus on its own radial with each having single socket to supply a.... 1st) fcu at 13amp-fridge/freezer 2nd) fcu at 13amp-washer/dryer combo 3rd) fcu at 13amp-Dishwasher They will be protected by 4mm...
  2. S

    Cooker supply to 13 amp sockets

    I will shortly be having a range cooker installed that requires 2 x 13 amp supplies. Maximum power required is stated as 3 kW and 2.85 kW respectively. I have a redundant cooker supply on its own circuit, probably 30 amp. I would like to convert this to provide the power for the new cooker. Can...
  3. J

    1.25 flex of a 13 amp fused spur feeding a 3KW immersion heater

    How tight is it running 1.25 flex from a 13 amp fused spur feeding a timer for an immersion heater?
    • Jako13!
    • Thread
    • 13 amp amp feeding flex fused fused spur heater immersion spur
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  4. S

    Can I bypass the 13 amp outlet on my cooker circuit?

    Hello everyone, I am no domestic electrician but I do work as a designer in the railway, low voltage signalling circuits etc. My question concerns my oven. I have just bought a second hand double oven of the internet and went to fit it in my rented house. The existing oven is connected using a...
  5. J

    Mitsubishi outlander 13 amp plug and lead

    Hello, Yet to dip my toe in EV and have been trying to avoid it to be honest. But have just been presented with a situation and just wanted to get thoughts from others, if possible please, before proceeding. which might even be suggesting they get someone else ?? A client of mine has 2015...
  6. OnlQQker

    3/5/13 Amp Fuses For Plugs And Fused Spurs...

    As most people really don't have an understanding of electricity whatsoever, and the amount of times I have come across the wrong size fuse in a plug or FCU. I don't know but surely this should be addressed somehow. Moulded plugs are all good as well on the new table lamp somebody has just...
  7. U

    13 Amp socket

    Advice please Garage radial running from 32 Amp MCB with 4mm T/E supplying Multiple 13 amp sockets which are only used one at a time . New compressor 2200 watts during normal operation but increases to 6600 on start up . . Can a 13 Amp socket safely handle the initial motor start up...
  8. M

    Are we allowed to use 5 amp fuses in 13 amp plugs?

    I work for a charity (Besom) that gets equipment that needs to be PATted. A lot of these come with 5 amp fuses. Please do the regulations allow you to use 5 amp fuses, or are you supposed to change them to 3 amp? Most of these devices are low power & they will run perfectly well on a 3 amp...
  9. J

    Fitting a 16amp plug to a 13 amp

    Is this bad practice To replace a 13amp plug with a 16 amp?
  10. OnlQQker

    A Thread About Boring Old Plugs And Fuses

    Nothing much has changed with them since the beginning. Perhaps now a lot of things come with moulded plugs and you don't need a screwdriver to change the fuse except perhaps for popping it out. And for people with no knowledge whatsoever can put a 5amp fuse into the washing machine and I guess...
  11. L

    UK Need for an outlet plate and a 13 amp socket for new oven/gas hob.

    Hi.I am a DIY enthusiasts and do have the basic knowledge of electric science. As I am about to refurbish my kitchen,I have bought an electric single oven power rated at 3.60 kw and a gas hob power rated 1.3kw. The existing setup is:6mm t/e cable running from CU/Fuse box (on a 32amp MCB) to 45 A...
  12. S

    Electrician Jobs 13 amp double socket tripping RCD

    The double 13 amp socket which we use to power the TV and recorder has tripped the RCD. The only change to the wiring was the installation of the new consumer unit about four years ago. The house was re-wired about 12 years ago. We are now using a double socket with an extension lead for the...
  13. E

    Cooker Control Unit With 13 Amp Socket, What one?

    Hi all, I currently have a cooker control panel with a 13 amp socket but the cooker switch needs to be on for me to use the 13 amp socket. I remember using at my last place the two where separated and I could then use the socket without the cooker on. If thats right then what panel do I need...
  14. J

    13 Amp plug on a 2.9kW oven

    Hi Everyone So i've installed my first kitchen and everything has gone well. I've wired in the oven based on a sparkies recommendation but I just want to check I've done things correctly and try to understand a bit more about cooker circuits. The oven is a single NEFF fan oven 2.9kW ...
  15. P

    13 Amp Plugs Without Fuses

    Hi Guys What determines whether a moulded 13 Amp plug requires to be fused? I have in my hand a cable for a 72 watt transformer. one end of the lead has a physically very small moulded unfused 13 plug which is stamped 10A 250VAC. The other end is terminated with a standard moulded female (2.5...
  16. W

    Can I Safely run a Cooke & Lewis MG045CL Microwave/ Grill from a 13 amp socket

    Hi, Just getting a new kitchen fitted and there isn't a cooker ring main in place so have bought a gas hob and oven to reflect this. But I have to fit a Cooke & Lewis MG045CL Microwave/ Grill (due to the oven housing) which has an overall rating of 3.25kw (1000w microwave output, so about...
    • waz101
    • Thread
    • 13 amp amp fitting grill microwave socket
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  17. L

    13 Amp 240V socket installation in disabled toilet

    We are taking over a building after commissioning and I found this install of which a macerator is plugged in to. I wouldn’t install this way and the glands and metal clad covers are not even fitted properly so the IP rating is non-existent. I have to tackle them on the install but looking...
  18. K

    2.5mm Armoured cable supplying shed, on 13 amp FCU

    Hi all what would be the best option. A client has an existing armoured cable that is spurred of the living room socket via a 13a FCU, the armoured cable is then run to a shed, were they used to have a lights. Now as the shed was rotten then have taken it down to replace it. This time they would...
  19. mrloy99

    13 amp spur

    here goes again 3rd time lucky 3kw load...13amp spur...does this comply. My thinking is that previously it would have but not now. previously 3000w/240volt=12.5amp....all ok now stated voltage is 230 not 240 so 3000w/230volt=13.05amp marginally over but to me it does...
  20. K

    13 Amp spur for new porch

    guys a quick but of help.... wiring a newly built porch.... taken power for socket and lighting from an existing socket on ground floor and added a spur 13A from which power goes to a double socket and then to a ceiling light then from there to the light switch... would this work?

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