Ring Final Circuit - spurs only

[John-SJW]

We've all seen sockets burned out. Not that long ago I had to replace a 63A socket which had completely burned out and had a plug stuck in it. This doesn't prove anything.

You just proved it by those words.

 

[nicebutdim]

You just proved it by those words.

You inferred that a 750W fridge was the cause of thermal damage to a socket, whereas the response pointed out that other factors were much more likely to have caused the damage - factors which aren't removed by hardwiring an appliance.

 

[John-SJW]

You inferred that a 750W fridge was the cause of thermal damage to a socket, whereas the response pointed out that other factors were much more likely to have caused the damage - factors which aren't removed by hardwiring an appliance.

Hard wiring a permanently connected appliance, rather than permantly plugged into a portable appliance outlet, make matters safer.

 

[nicebutdim]

Hard wiring a permanently connected appliance, rather than permantly plugged into a portable appliance outlet, make matters safer.

Perhaps you could expand upon this as I fail to understand how a 750W fridge is 'made safer' by hardwirng through an outlet plate, than connected via a BS1363 plug/socket arrangement.

 

[DPG]

Hard wiring a permanently connected appliance, rather than permantly plugged into a portable appliance outlet, make matters safer.

Why?

 

[John-SJW]

OP's thinking fails to take other regulatory limitations into account.

What might these be?

 

[davesparks]

You just proved it by those words.

Proved what? That a badly made connection overheats? We all knew that already.

I'm sure we've all seen plenty of burned out hardwired connections too.

 

[nicebutdim]

Proved what? That a badly made connection overheats? We all knew that already.

I'm sure we've all seen plenty of burned out hardwired connections too.

My response was intended to help the OP make this small leap in logic.

 

[nicebutdim]

What might these be?

My response depends on what you propose supplying from this theoretical 'ring final busbar'.

Perhaps you could state what your intentions might be, in this regard, and I'll be happy to answer with more specific details.

 

[davesparks]

Perhaps you could expand upon this as I fail to understand how a 750W fridge is 'made safer' by hardwirng through an outlet plate, than connected via a BS1363 plug/socket arrangement.

It is obviously far safer for a homeowner who has bought a new fridge to cut off a factory fitted plug and connect the flex into an outlet plate, having been to a wholesaler and purchased 3 individual ferrules, than it is for them to plug it in to a socket!

Those rules they brought in about all new domestic appliances being supplied with a plug fitted to them were obviously pointless, they days of people having to fit their onw plugs to everything we're far safer.