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Perhaps it's got something to do with, you can't get a 16amp fuse to fit into a spur unit
 
Just a thought really, hyperthetically speaking if there was one you would also have a 16A fuse available to buy too.

Just something I was discussing earlier about putting 16A blue outlets on a ring main, you cant really just put on on a ring as it really needs a 16A FCU to cover it, ok you could put a 13A but then you are loosing benefit of the 16A etc etc etc...
 
I can think of one situation it would be of use , that is where there is an existing garage supply is spurred from the ring circuit in the house maybe ..
 
I'm with Murdoch on the MCB front! Just use a small enclosure, job done.
 
I can think of one situation it would be of use , that is where there is an existing garage supply is spurred from the ring circuit in the house maybe ..

If we're onto mystical components we wish existed, I'd like a range of double and single sockets which have dedicated terminals at the rear for taking a spur off, and which are RCD protected within the socket.
 
If we're onto mystical components we wish existed, I'd like a range of double and single sockets which have dedicated terminals at the rear for taking a spur off, and which are RCD protected within the socket.

And T&E cable incorporating an earthable sheath. Sort of the b*st*rd offspring of T&E and coaxial. Probably gonna look a berk now when someone tells me you can buy it.
 
My suggestion was meant to be tongue in cheek. An MCB in an enclosure on a RFC would look NAFF IMHO.

I'm assuming that the situation would be non-domestic simply as I cant imagine where this would ever be relevant in a house.
 
Not only that cutting into a ring to put what I guess you could call a busbar chamber open to abuse as in taking more load is not really a good practice and should be on its own distribution circuit. So going back to my 16A FCU idea, I think it's a good one.

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It's domestic
 

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