A question for the OP, what is the potential for danger, please explain as then I may make a decision as to whether it's acceptable or not?
A leg gets disconnected, no one is wiser because everything still “works” and the circuit is overloaded
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A question for the OP, what is the potential for danger, please explain as then I may make a decision as to whether it's acceptable or not?
that is not the fault of the design of the circuit.what is unacceptable is numpties messing with things they don't have a clue about. would you condemn gas supplies in case some idiot turned the gas on then lit a match?
Says it all.....with that wazzock involved....probably why I've never heard of 'tree's......except at Christmas, of course.The only time I've ever heard a reference to a tree circuit was in this awful book.
I think you have to question ZEDEZ if it is likely that you are right or if a much larger number of people are right? It would be good if you could acknowledge you 'may' be wrong. I think testing a 'tree' would be a nightmare and people could add to it all over the place making it even harder. I do agree though that you do find quite a few broken rings but I still prefer them as 90% of the time they are intact and they still use less copper than a 4mm radial which can only be a good thing.Funny that.
The RFC is an artefact of materials shortage during WWII, and isn’t really used anywhere else in the world spare a few exceptions.
If it were the best method, it would have been taken up elsewhere.
I don’t know why so many electricians love the RFC other than it’s familiar
The only time I've ever heard a reference to a tree circuit was in this awful book.
All depends on the reference method.All this 4mm 32A radials that people bang on about, boils my pee. A 4mm radial on a 32A OCPD will hardly ever comply.
Yes that’s stating the obvious.....of course it depends on the reference method.All depends on the reference method.
Buried direct in plaster should be ok.
Do you have documentary proof on how often this happens and what the results where or is just scaremongering?A leg gets disconnected, no one is wiser because everything still “works” and the circuit is overloaded
The OP has a point here, take a ring for example after Kev the Kitchen bod has altered it, but Kev would mess a radial up as wellDo you have documentary proof on how often this happens and what the results where or is just scaremongering?
Because the CCC on a 32A OCPD in regards to installation method....So 100, 101, 102 and 103 are all out of the window.I am interested as to why 4mm radials with 32 amp breakers are unlikely to comply. Not arguing just interested.
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