UK Re using a 10mm cable to provide a new ring

[Dustydazzler]

No issue with a LolliPop radial/Ring, But I would be more inclined to just extend the circuit in 6mm and have a 32a radial socket circuit

 

[Teddy Lop]

No issue with a LolliPop radial/Ring, But I would be more inclined to just extend the circuit in 6mm and have a 32a radial socket circuit

By the time you've run in and terminated all that 6 you might as well have rerun the circuit in 2.5!

For me if the legs back to the CU are really that traumatic I'd just use 2.5 and make it a radial or stuff a small cu on the end making the 10 a submain. The problem with lollipop circuits is what values you record on testing and leaving non-obvious things for future workers, as invariably the junction will end up being concealed.

 

[Gasinspect]

I would like to reuse a 10mm cable to provide a ring circuit in an area. The cable is currently used for an electric shower, still connected at present and is fine. When the shower is removed I intended to replace the 40A breaker with a 32A, slightly reroute the cable and add a ring to then end. I have no idea where regs might stand on this however I can see no electrical reason why it should not be ok. I imagine that rerunning the ring will be suggested but that is easier said than done. Any thoughts.

a cooker connection block would take the 10mm, and put the 2x2.5 in the other end of the terminal; a label on the consumer unit for that circuit stating that the 10mm has been de-rated to 32a would be useful.

 

[Gasinspect]