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Would be interesting to hear your views, my view is that each wiring method has it's own upsides and downsides, I was brought up on the onset of Ring FCs so I am maybe biased in favour of Rings, although radials do have their place.Hi,
Been out of the industry for 20 years and have found an interesting spark on YouTube who is very entertaining, he made a comment on one of his videos, Rings Vs Radials, would be interesting to see your views this in todays world.
This is not meant as a dig.Hi,
Rings Vs Radials, would be interesting to see your views this in todays world.
Run a parallel cable and alternate outletsNothing wrong with either, sometimes its a lot easier to put in a radial.
not silly, but rings are designed to cope with up to 32A continuous. if you have several juice hungry appliances, such as washing machines and fumble dryers, soon exceed the 20 A.Ok after reading the other threads and the concerns that it the rings get broken and then you have an over sized breaker protecting the circuit, would the best option not be to have a ring with a 20amp breaker so if the ring gets broken it does have a breaker that still would stop overload?
Maybe a silly comment.
Ok after reading the other threads and the concerns that it the rings get broken and then you have an over sized breaker protecting the circuit, would the best option not be to have a ring with a 20amp breaker so if the ring gets broken it does have a breaker that still would stop overload?
Maybe a silly comment.
Not much point to a ring final circuit if you are going to restrict it to 20A though.Ok after reading the other threads and the concerns that it the rings get broken and then you have an over sized breaker protecting the circuit, would the best option not be to have a ring with a 20amp breaker so if the ring gets broken it does have a breaker that still would stop overload?
Maybe a silly comment.
Agree Andy, no one can foresee idiots interfering with things they don't or can't understand.Those concerns are scaremongering and contain unfounded fears.
We design circuits to function as designed, not faulty. If a circuit is installed correctly it won't become faulty. If someone incompetent alters it to make it faulty then that is also something we cannot and should not design for. Any circuit can become faulty if altered incorrectly.
The best kind of radialRun a parallel cable and alternate outlets
I see them in shops we've been testing also. Mostly wired in 4mmSee a lot of 20A ring finals in the schools we test, no idea as to the reasoning behind it.
Maybe due to the installation method and de-rating of the cable that they reduce to 20amp rather than increase the size of the conductor?See a lot of 20A ring finals in the schools we test, no idea as to the reasoning behind it.
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