Hi guys,
Just an initial heads up, I’m just level 2 qualified, so go easy on me.
I’m currently adding some sockets in my house. So I thought I’d break the ring, extend it and add them in.
Took the back off a socket and it only had one cable going into it, so presumed it was a radial. I’ve gone back to the board and there’s only 2 32A MCB’s. One ring up stairs and 1 down. So presumably these 2 sockets are a poor designed spur off the downstairs ring, not meeting regs.
It’s obviously not well rated incase it exceeds the 26A of the cable having 2 double sockets, so I need to make it safer somehow.
My initial thinking was to put in a fused spur to protect the cable, but one of the sockets is used with a kettle, so a bit more load and it’ll overload the 13A fuse.
So, could I make it so there’s like a garage board hidden away with a 20A MCB at the beginning of the spur and make it into a sort of radial off of the ring?
Cheers in advance for replies
Just an initial heads up, I’m just level 2 qualified, so go easy on me.
I’m currently adding some sockets in my house. So I thought I’d break the ring, extend it and add them in.
Took the back off a socket and it only had one cable going into it, so presumed it was a radial. I’ve gone back to the board and there’s only 2 32A MCB’s. One ring up stairs and 1 down. So presumably these 2 sockets are a poor designed spur off the downstairs ring, not meeting regs.
It’s obviously not well rated incase it exceeds the 26A of the cable having 2 double sockets, so I need to make it safer somehow.
My initial thinking was to put in a fused spur to protect the cable, but one of the sockets is used with a kettle, so a bit more load and it’ll overload the 13A fuse.
So, could I make it so there’s like a garage board hidden away with a 20A MCB at the beginning of the spur and make it into a sort of radial off of the ring?
Cheers in advance for replies