Discuss Does this setup contravene any regs or is it ok? in the Electrical Wiring, Theories and Regulations area at ElectriciansForums.net
.very good point
Bit random: When designing an installation, should the distribution board/consumer unit have 25% spare capacity when installation completed?
So, you believe this set up is a contravention of regulation 314.4 (I believe that's what the OP stated as being the reg that Mr. Assessor was citing as the reason this arrangement was non-compliant)... care to explain how it contravenes the regulation?
The wiring of each final circuit shall be electrically separate from that of every other final circuit, so as to prevent the indirect energizing of a final circuit intended to be isolated.
Final circuit. A circuit connected directly to current-using equipment, or to a socket-outlet or socket-outlets or other
outlet points for the connection of such equipment.
Circuit. An assembly of electrical equipment supplied from the same origin and protected against overcurrent by the same protective device(s).
To answer your question... have you never put two circuits of any kind together onto a single breaker as a temporary stop gap solution? I have, and would do it again in a heartbeat providing there is a suitable breaker available...
I'm not stupid enough to put a lighting circuit on a 16A breaker (although technically a lot of lighting circuits could handle that) or stick a ring final socket circuit on a 20A breaker onto a 32A breaker with another RFC because there is probably a very good reason the one is limited to 20A
Personally, I would not have wired the lobby and the attic as one circuit. If I were to come across such an installation, I’d be wondering what the original installer was thinking of.
The origin of any final circuit is the DB/CU.
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