Spurring of ring final circuit

[Welsh_sparky_21]

Is it okay to spur off a ring in 4mm to serve 4 x sockets, without a fcu before the first socket??

 

[Brother Blue]

No, an unfused spur is only permitted to feed one point regardless of cable size.

 

[Welsh_sparky_21]

No, an unfused spur is only permitted to feed one point regardless of cable size.

Yeah that’s what I thought but I was being told otherwise. I thought a spur would still be required even though 4mm can carry 32a

 

[newfutile]

Why use 4mm? If you have a larger load than 13 amp FCU extend the ring in 2.5

 

[westward10]

Four sockets I would be trying to extend the ring.

 

[Welsh_sparky_21]

Four sockets I would be trying to extend the ring.

It’s a shed at the other side of the garden

 

[littlespark]

What’s going into a shed that’s going to draw more than 13A?

If it’s anything bigger, I’d try to get it on its own circuit direct from the consumer unit.

 

[mainline]

Is it okay to spur off a ring in 4mm to serve 4 x sockets, without a fcu before the first socket??

You could have 16amp mcb assuming you have rcd on the ring final.

 

[Welsh_sparky_21]

What’s going into a shed that’s going to draw more than 13A?

If it’s anything bigger, I’d try to get it on its own circuit direct from the consumer unit.

It’s only a desk for a computer

 

[Brother Blue]

It’s a shed at the other side of the garden

It would be common sense to install a SFCU to allow it to be easily isolated whenever a fault in the external wiring occurs so that the rest of the circuit can be re-energised easily.

 

[7029 dave]

If you can run a dedicated radial circuit from the CU