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    Repurposing a cooker radial?

    We have a room in the house that was the kitchen. That has been relocated to a different area, so the old kitchen has been sold off and the room will be a bathroom. I’ve studded out the room and lined with cementitious board ready for tiling. All first fix plumbing is done. All sockets are...
  2. L

    How do I know if I've got a ring circuit or a radial circuit?

    Hi! Is there any way to know if I have a ring or a radial circuit in a division of the house? Thanks!
  3. A

    Shower circuit converted to a new radial circuit

    Hi, I`m looking for an advice. I have an electric shower that I`m not using due to boiler changed to combi and added shower over bath feed by a 6mm cable and 40 amps fuse. The cable is quite newish (blue & brown) compared with the rest of the house (red & black). I want to create a new radial...
  4. B

    Ring or radial in bungalow

    I’m rewiring a bungalow and the owner has asked for a radial for all sockets except the kitchen. But there will be a separate washer and dryer in the circuit. Will a 20A radial be enough?
  5. S

    Grid Switches radial wiring acceptable or not?

    Hello Electrical world. Looking for thoughts and opinions. Currently planning out my kitchen re-wire for new kitchen. I was originally planning on having my washing machine 9.1A, tumble dryer 6.5A, dish washer 8.5A on there own radial circuit. Total current 24.1A, protected by a 25A circuit...
  6. J

    UK Kitchen Wiring-New Build ring vs radial

    HI All, I am building a new house (self build) and have my part P so am running the cabling. My reading of the regs says that any appliance of over 2KW should not be supplied by a ring main and should have a 4mm radial. (BS 1363) My questions are really around this- - It seems all of my...
  7. 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...
  8. P

    Ring Final Circuit (RFC) versus Radial. Yes, again.

    This is a topic that comes up a lot and seems to attract near-religious levels of fever in how folks argue over the choice of circuit for UK sockets. However, often the arguments are ill-informed or they veer off in to pointless corners, or sometimes get personal. This is my attempt to put a lot...
  9. N

    Swapping out 2 gang for 2 FCU on 32A radial final

    Hello everyone, Back again after receiving great advice for the bathroom a few months back. This time I'm making a mess in the kitchen. We have a 32A MCB to radial final which goes to a cooker control switch which also has an integrated 1 gang socket. Off of this is a double socket which...
  10. V

    I am allowed to replace the 2.5mm wire from a radial circuit to 4mm and the 16Amp MCB for a 32Amp

    Could you tell me please if I am allowed in England to replace by myself the 2.5mm cable from a radial circuit to 4mm and the 16Amp MCB it has now for a 32Amp?
    • vadiro
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    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  11. V

    1.5mm radial in a caravan ??

    I do love my job, and this is a fabulous job to be involved with, but jez the regs aren't clear on this type of thing. In a house, you have either 2.5mm or 4mm on radial circuits. That's fine - but a caravan has nothing like the load (At most 16A is coming in from a mains hook up). So...can I...
  12. T

    10A RCBO For a radial with 1 socket

    Hi, would it be acceptable to install a 10A RCBO in a 3phase board for a radial with 1 socket? (For a fridge and a hoover) Thanks.
  13. T

    Question about T&E and spotlights in my new build house.

    Hi, So I've just started to install some spotlights in a room in my house, and I always thought to use 1.5mm T&E so I've wired them all up and I've come to connect the main line in and noticed that it is 1.0 T&E. Am I okay to link the main line to my daisy chained spots on 1.5. Some more...
  14. D

    UK Radial Circuits Wired in 4mm and 32A MCB

    Guys needvadvice please I was asked to carry out an annual inspction of a DB recently There are 12 in number radial circuits suppling sockets wired in 4mm singles protected by 32A mcb the cables are enclosed in metal trunking and supply 13a socket outlets , are the mcbs now overated as the...
  15. N

    is there a minimum number of sockets on a radial

    Fault finding today, no continuity on a FRC turns out to be 1 complete leg of the ring is simply not there. cant run new cable in due to decor/tiled floor I was going to split the remaining sockets into 2 radials which would mean 1 radial with 3 sockets and 1 radial with only 1 socket this...
  16. antigua finedining

    Ring vs Radial for minimum voltage fluctuations

    I'm building a new property consisting of 4 sperate discrete buildings, all roughly in a straight line. My question: Is there any advantage to connecting the buildings supply in a ring rather than just daisy-chaining them (i.e. radial)? I was planning to run a single 1 AWG backbone supply up...
  17. S

    20A radial 2 double sockets

    Is a 20A 2.5mm radial sufficient for 2 sockets in a utility room? Will be a tumble dryer/washing machine plugged in and a spare socket used for a Hoover occasionally.
  18. R

    Ring vs Radial : Identification.

    Just a quick one When you see two lines on one MCB that could be either a ring or two radials. The only way to determine which is through testing. Is that true? Are there any best practices regarding this? For example, would you ever see three lines on an MCB? One ring, one radial? Or three...
  19. T

    Radial or RFC for Summer house

    Hi. I will soon be wiring up my summer house. My plan is to run 10mm2 SWA from spare 50A breaker on my house consumer unit (approx 20m) to a 40A garage consumer unit with 6A MCB for 1.5mm2 lighting circuit and 32A for 2.5mm2 RFC. I plan to have 5 double sockets which will have heater, TV and...
  20. F

    Adding sockets to a radial circuit in different directions

    Hi. I have a radial circuit supplying electricity to the garage (part of the house). It's on a 20amp breaker, uses 2.5mm cable. It currently only supplies a single socket. Before anyone asks, its 100% a radial circuit. 6 months ago I had an electrician install a new consumer unit, and the...

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