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Hi,

In the example pic, if the double socket was already a single spur off a socket in the ring main, as I understand you can only have a single spur per socket from a ring, could a fused 13A switched spur for a cooker hood be taken from the spurred double socket, or does this go against the regs?

Is there a way to create an isolation for a cooker hood from the spurred socket?

Thanks!

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It's not allowed by the regs, but if I came across this while doing an EICR, I wouldn't get too excited about it, if it only feeds an extractor fan drawing about 0.3A max. I'd make reference to it on the test certificate, but wouldn't call 'unsatisfactory' on that alone.
 
Is this socket is a spur already, then is the switch fuse beside it already a spur from a spur?

If the switch fuse is on the rfc, and the socket is spurred from that, then you’ll have an unfused spur (the socket) and a fused spur(the fan)


You can spur from a spur if the branch coming off the rfc is already fused down to 13A

Are you sure it’s an rfc on an 32A? and not perhaps a 16A radial circuit? In which case again, you can branch off anywhere

The spur from a spur rule only applies to ring circuits.
 
It's not allowed by the regs, but if I came across this while doing an EICR, I wouldn't get too excited about it, if it only feeds an extractor fan drawing about 0.3A max. I'd make reference to it on the test certificate, but wouldn't call 'unsatisfactory' on that alone.
Sorry pal it's a (70W) cooker hood, probably more powerful than a kitchen extractor fan, does this change things?
 
70W is slightly less than the 80W I guessed at.
Is this something that's already been done, and you're enquiring as to whether it's compliant?
 
Is this socket is a spur already, then is the switch fuse beside it already a spur from a spur?

If the switch fuse is on the rfc, and the socket is spurred from that, then you’ll have an unfused spur (the socket) and a fused spur(the fan)


You can spur from a spur if the branch coming off the rfc is already fused down to 13A

Are you sure it’s an rfc on an 32A? and not perhaps a 16A radial circuit? In which case again, you can branch off anywhere

The spur from a spur rule only applies to ring circuits.
Hi littlespark, pic is just an example the fused spur hasn't been added yet, yep it's a rfc on 32A. Planned 13A fused spur would be spurred off the double socket which itself is a single spur from the rfc (never said spur so many times).
 
70W is slightly less than the 80W I guessed at.
Is this something that's already been done, and you're enquiring as to whether it's compliant?
Hi brian, nope hasn't been done yet, if I complain it'll be complaining about my dad lol whose idea it was originally, we've done the electrics, having extended the rfc. Think I'll change the spurred double socket and include it as part of the rfc, and then the 13A cooker hood fused spur can come off that. Should I go to the effort of this or according to your previous reply not bother if it's 70W?
 

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