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    radial circuit

    i had a couple of sockets put in about 12 year a go and was thinking of adding another for tv on wall and was looking under floorboards and it looks like its done on a radial circuit as it come straight from the fuse box and ends at the 2nd socket ,it is also wired to the up stairs socket fuse...
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    Hi I'm new here! Have a question on Radial & Ring circuits

    I am a DIY and working on an extension on my home. I found out that one area of my house is on a 4mm radial for sockets on a 32amp mcb which I know is fine. Now the question is Can I safely continue wiring 4mm radial? Total length from distribution to last socket will be around 60metres with 12...
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    Voltage Drop Branch of radial circuit

    hi guys Need some help in calculating voltage drop on a branched radial circuit. (13A design load 2.5mm cable)( cu to junction box 8m 2.5mm) for a standard loop in loop out radial it would be IbxDxmV/m/1000 this circuit has 2 branches from the junction box one/ 10m long ( 1 double...
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    Commercial radial circuit

    Hi everyone looking to clarify something, had a tester onsite today testing circuits we've been installing the past few weeks, in his opinion he found fault with one circuit, we had wired a 30m radial circuit in 2.5mm 2core & earth fp200 on a c16 mcb. The cable was clipped direct throughout its...
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    0.00 ohms r1+r2 on radial circuit?

    Hi all, I've tested several radial circuits and only getting 0.00 ohms on the r+r2 test (zero'd leads) 2 of the radials only supplies one socket each and are approx. 3 metres in total length. (zs 0.25 and 0.21) Another radial only supplies one socket and is appox. 5m in length. (zs 0.35) The...
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    Cooker and Hob Installation

    I am currently renovating my kitchen and am considering swapping my standalone cooker for a hob/single oven combination. Would it be possible to use a dual appliance output plate on a 32A ring? The hob = 4.6Kw The oven = 3.65Kw or would they need to be on separate circuits? Thanks
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    110v sockets radial

    Is there a limit according to the regs. to the number of 110v sockets you can have on 55/0/55 16A radial?
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    help regarding radial circuits

    Hi all, Today i found 2 radial circuits in a 32amp mcb breaker, would you give it a code c1 or c2 on a eic report? Also what are the main dangers of having these together? Cheers Dem
  9. rustynails

    4mm half of circuit on 32a mcb

    Hi all, I did some work on a house the other day that had a circuit for sockets which was cabled in 4mm to half way in the house the split of it to 2.5 up to the sockets. It had a 32a breaker. I'm aware that you can have a 32a 4mm radial but that the whole circuit must be in 4mm. Using 2.5 on...
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    Ccp eicr code

    2.5 mm radial t&e supplying 2 twin sockets on 32a Rcbo. Code2? 6mm radial to heater three phase nny-j cable, ccp of 42a on 50a mcb code 2? 2.5 mm radial t&e supplying one ac unit 32a mcb code2?
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    Strange Radial Electric Engine

    IN YTUBE I NOT SHOWED ALL ASPECTS WHY !!! MIDDLE POINTS DIFFERENT (picture below F2 and F1 radial frorces) YouTube >MAROSZ'S RADIAL TURBINE / TURBINA ROTACYJNA MAROSZA
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    socket

    Little scenario for you all. I've been doing an eicr today and come across a double socket wired as a radial on a 2.5mm t-e, which is protected by a 32 amp rcbo. Technically this cannot overload as the cable can withstand 27 amp ref method c. Unless mr DIY comes along and starts adding new...
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    rcd trip y

    hi i was on a fuse board change to day and the new fuse board was switch off and no buzz bar connected and no tails connected but 1 of the circuits which was a radial to the kitchen when you put the neutral in it tripped the rcd can any 1 tell me why :lightbulb:
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    radial / ring

    Simple job to add an extra socket to top floor 'rfc'. Top floor was converted some 8-10 years ago but no certs available. Took Zs from socket I was going to spur from which was .6ish Ohm, turned off supply, proved dead then took end to end readings (at socket I intended to spur from) to prove...
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    Addition DSOs on a radial - good practice?

    Hi, I was going to post in the DIY forum but don't seem to have permission to at the moment. If i could ask a quick question - are you able to offer your opinion on my plan below: I have a b16 circuit breaker in the CU for a radial circuit out to my garage. In the garage the cable feeds into a...
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    5 amp Radial Bs1363 Socket

    Hi I have a Radial circuit wired with 2.5mm T&E , which is protected by a 3 amp MCB due to the fact that it is switched via a home automation relay rated at 5amp. My question is this Given the above scenario is it ok to install/wire a BS1363 socket if I know that the load that will be...
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    Connection of 2 convector heaters using armoured cable on a radial circuit

    Evening Gents, Im looking for some advice, I have to connect two convector heaters on a radial circuit - I will be connecting each outlet via fused spur flex outlet, I was going to use a 3x3 adaptable box to terminate the one armoured then connect in singles to fused spur...
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    Radial off a ring

    Evening all I've rad a few posts about running a radial off of a ring and there are loads of different options. The problem I have is that we have no alternative as the customer already has a spur off the ring and wants a few more sockets but does not want us to start pulling about her kitchen...
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    Lighting fused down on 16amp radial

    Hi I've just got to the end of a job in which I installed a 2way RCD protected CCU supplying 1x50a shower circuit and 1x16a radial circuit which consists of a 13a switched fused spur (outside bathroom) for a 2kw bathroom blow heater. Typically now the job is finished the customer has decided...
  20. Tuttle

    RFC in Steel Conduit

    I plan to install steel conduit (used as cpc) in a garage / workshop. I intend to run the conduit in a complete loop around the garage, i.e. starting at one point, going around all four walls and then back to the point at which I started. I want to do this because it makes wiring easier, i.e...

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