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monkfish457
Hi Guys,
My first post so please bear with me.
I'm not a domestic electrician but am capable of carrying out most work myself. This has led to my parents requesting that I carry out a 'small project' for them and involves installing a couple of additional double plugs in their conservatory. As the conservatory was built after the main house it has its own foundations and has no access underfloor. It also had solid brick exterior walls.
The current electrics involves a 16Amp MCB on a Wylex MCU with a fused spur to the conservatory. This goes from the MCU up the wall to the attic and reappears at a double plug in the conservatory (about 10m). It then runs from that double plug to another on the same side. It also runs underfloor to another double plug on the other side of the conservatory.The cabling appears to be white (low smoke) 1.5mm T&E.
My parents would like to put another two double sockets in series, with a couple of metres between each, in addition to the single double already on the other side of the conservatory. Sorry I can't post a diagram as its my first post. I would liked to have run another separate ring but as I can't identify where the cable goes between the attic and the conservatory this option is out.
This leaves an additional two plugs on the original fused spur as the best option but I'm concerned that 5 doubles may be too much current drain for a single T&E. The likely loading would be a TV, Video, table light, two electric recliners, a electric storage heater (13a plug, not sure of the specs) and the hoover occasionally. Would I be able to install the two additional plugs legally? I would cut a slot in the original wall in the cement between two rows of bricks to recess the cabling. Is there a minimum depth for this?
I would be grateful for any advice or suggestions.
Best Regards,
Stu
My first post so please bear with me.
I'm not a domestic electrician but am capable of carrying out most work myself. This has led to my parents requesting that I carry out a 'small project' for them and involves installing a couple of additional double plugs in their conservatory. As the conservatory was built after the main house it has its own foundations and has no access underfloor. It also had solid brick exterior walls.
The current electrics involves a 16Amp MCB on a Wylex MCU with a fused spur to the conservatory. This goes from the MCU up the wall to the attic and reappears at a double plug in the conservatory (about 10m). It then runs from that double plug to another on the same side. It also runs underfloor to another double plug on the other side of the conservatory.The cabling appears to be white (low smoke) 1.5mm T&E.
My parents would like to put another two double sockets in series, with a couple of metres between each, in addition to the single double already on the other side of the conservatory. Sorry I can't post a diagram as its my first post. I would liked to have run another separate ring but as I can't identify where the cable goes between the attic and the conservatory this option is out.
This leaves an additional two plugs on the original fused spur as the best option but I'm concerned that 5 doubles may be too much current drain for a single T&E. The likely loading would be a TV, Video, table light, two electric recliners, a electric storage heater (13a plug, not sure of the specs) and the hoover occasionally. Would I be able to install the two additional plugs legally? I would cut a slot in the original wall in the cement between two rows of bricks to recess the cabling. Is there a minimum depth for this?
I would be grateful for any advice or suggestions.
Best Regards,
Stu