sockets

[s.keech]

Hi can 2 bedroom sockets be run off a kitchen if marked on the C.U. ?

 

[frontier219]

I presume you mean as a spur? What is the cable size of the existing circuit? Is it an RFC?

 

[frontier219]

Also, I'm not sure what marking it on the CU would achieve?

 

[ImpededLoop]

Also, I'm not sure what marking it on the CU would achieve?

Circuit description so you know its not just the kitchen sockets.

 

[shanky887614]

Circuit description so you know its not just the kitchen sockets.

call it sockets, they will know which one it is when it trips

 

[frontier219]

Circuit description so you know its not just the kitchen sockets.

Ohhh. Brain not functioning correctly - I genuinely thought the OP was referring to some sort of warning sign to get around spurring more than one DSO off a 2.5 Ring...

 

[s.keech]

Also, I'm not sure what marking it on the CU would achieve?

previous park has left a 2.5 cable running from kitchen into bedroom as rooms have been rearranged. Can sockets in bedroom comply with regs ?

 

[trev]

I think it's R A F mate. Why not come from the circuit that serves that area?

 

[frontier219]

previous park has left a 2.5 cable running from kitchen into bedroom as rooms have been rearranged. Can sockets in bedroom comply with regs ?

I'm not sure, I'm not psychic.

Has he spurred them directly from another socket or through an FCU? Is the kitchen circuit definitely an RFC? This is a pretty basic question mate...

 

[frontier219]

I think it's R A F mate. Why not come from the circuit that serves that area?

How do you know the bedroom in question isn't next door to the kitchen? Could be a flat!

 

[trev]

How do you know the bedroom in question isn't next door to the kitchen? Could be a flat!

It could well be but even if it is there will be (or should be) a circuit which serves that area.

 

[Octopus]

previous spark has left a 2.5 cable running from kitchen into bedroom as rooms have been rearranged. Can sockets in bedroom comply with regs ?

Which means nothing.

I think you need to expand on the "issue"!

 

[s.keech]

I am trying to tell customer that the 2 extra bedroom sockets should be done by extending ring but he reckons its ok to run sockets off a 2.5 cable that has somehow come from kitchen. If it is marked on cu that kitchen sockets and 2 bedroom sockets does this comply with bgb

 

[telectrix]

if you're running 2 sockets on a single 2.5mm, you'll need to fit a FCU, irrespective of whether bedroom sockets from the kitchen circuit is good practice or not.

 

[frontier219]

I am trying to tell customer that the 2 extra bedroom sockets should be done by extending ring but he reckons its ok to run sockets off a 2.5 cable that has somehow come from kitchen. If it is marked on cu that kitchen sockets and 2 bedroom sockets does this comply with bgb

Are you qualified? Because I wouldn't let a customer tell me how to interpret the regulations surrounding my job.

 

[davesparks]

Unless the circuit is protected by a suitable OCPD for such an arrangement

 

[trev]

So if Mr Customer knows so much why has he asked you to do the graft? There's nothing to stop you doing this but I'd resist it as much as possible because you could end up with 2 different circuits serving a similar purpose in one area.
Even then, I think you'd struggle to find anything to prohibit this. I just think it's inviting problems.

 

[Adam W]

Well I agree with trev - best to do it 'properly'.
Others might argue that if you don't do it as easily and cheaply as possible then Kev from down the pub will, but I like to have standards.:49:

 

[s.keech]

Thanks for all feedback

 

[frontier219]

Well I agree with trev - best to do it 'properly'.
Others might argue that if you don't do it as easily and cheaply as possible then Kev from down the pub will, but I like to have standards.:49:

Assuming this is a reference to our discussion on Aerial boosters recently, I assume this is aimed at me. I think questioning my standards is at best misguided and at worst disrespectful. Sometimes doing the most cost-effective job (that is safe, compliant and neat) is preferable to chasing out walls unnecessarily.