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What prompts this statement?, please explainThe Ring is dead, long live the Radial!
When wiring socket outlets do you:
1. Use ring final circuits
2. Use radial circuits
The Ring is dead, long live the Radial!
When wiring socket outlets do you:
1. Use ring final circuits
2. Use radial circuits
It can't be an either/or question. There are questions of suitability....certainly in my opinion. Are Click are bringing out a 'radial only' range?
Just thought it would be interesting to see what is being used most!What prompts this statement?, please explain
No planning. Just looking at what you all think. There is no wrong answer!CLICK must be planning / looking at something that would make radials possible without having to use a 50 way D.B
My Son has just bought a 4 bedroom house in the U.S.A, it's got 3 D.B with a total of 58 circuits in them.
All sockets are on radials
This is a very valid answer! Just a post to see what the majority say. Interesting to see if people do pick one of the other or whether they'd agree with your statement of it not being an either or question.It can't be an either/or question. There are questions of suitability....certainly in my opinion. Are Click bringing out a 'radial only' range?
'Prefer' rather than 'use', perhaps?.....but it's still suitability.
So why not ask that question rather than stateJust thought it would be interesting to see what is being used most!
As has already been mentioned both types of circuit have there merits depending on the particular requirements of the customer and the premisesThe Ring is dead, long live the Radial!
Fair enough. Problem with your question is that both are used. It may be a preference or it may be designated.Just thought it would be interesting to see what is being used most!
Both is a perfectly valid answer tooFair enough. Problem with your question is that both are used. It may be a preference or it may be designated.
I've no doubt, though, you'll succeed in getting a fair bit of attention with your 'question'.......especially if the 'anti ring brigade' catch on.
But not a voting option!!!!!Both is a perfectly valid answer too
Nearly all would say both, then. Only dipsticks wouldn't....Both is a perfectly valid answer too
Then most domestic's wouldn't understand what you're tawkin abaat...???? until they get to 'gut feelings'I think a more searching question would be:
'Apart from selecting ring or radial socket-outlet circuits on their merits for the requirements of a particular installation, do you have a personal preference or dislike for one or the other on the basis of conceptual limitations, suspicions or gut feelings?'
It's not in my opinion, a standard circuit as far as BS7671 is concerned at least I don't think so.Where is option 3 - Lollypop?
Hindsight us a wonderful invention Mate don't fret over it.Maybe I should have put an “ironic” emoji on my post. I know it’s not a standard circuit
Could,nt you have a problem with grouping if many 2.5mm t and e leaving the cu if all radials?Number of sockets to install is also a factor. 1 point on a ring is a bit pointless....
“Ironic” emoji
Well if you are talking BIG sockets and have to double up conductors for current carrying capacity...Number of sockets to install is also a factor. 1 point on a ring is a bit pointless....
What about option 4 - Hedgehog. RFC with loads of spurs?Where is option 3 - Lollypop?
A coronavirus, a 6mm ring with lots of 6mm radials with 2.5 rings on the end.What about option 4 - Hedgehog. RFC with loads of spurs?
That's just an RFC with multiple spurs, mothing odd about that methodWhat about option 4 - Hedgehog. RFC with loads of spurs?
I know Pete Can we call you Pete999 aka Lord of the Rings?That's just an RFC with multiple spurs, mothing odd about that method
If you mustI know Pete Can we call you Pete999 aka Lord of the Rings?
and no doubt a proliferation of fire nuts. on another forum, predominantly American, several members praise their silly wire nuts and condemn wagos.People think rings are bad , I recently watched a video of a guy wiring his house in America and he put lights and sockets on the same circuit using the same sized cable and kept calling it ‘roughing’ in his wiring...
it was blooming rough and at every point he stripped the cores back & twisted the bare copper earths together and shoved them in the back of each box so he had just the L & N to connect later
People think rings are bad , I recently watched a video of a guy wiring his house in America and he put lights and sockets on the same circuit using the same sized cable and kept calling it ‘roughing’ in his wiring...
it was blooming rough and at every point he stripped the cores back & twisted the bare copper earths together and shoved them in the back of each box so he had just the L & N to connect later
Yeah, I was watching the ideal international sparky championship. Aussie, Canadian, American and a Chinese fella in the final. Someone in the comments section asked where the British entry was. The comments were “Anyone who uses Rings, are not invited” and the like. These foreign morons have no idea of the concept. They probably would have trouble wiring one.
The problem with properly verifying a ring is not lost on a radial either (for the record, I think spurs off a ring are the Devil's work and should be you last resort).Real time constraints when carrying out EICR's at acceptable cost mean ring circuits are often not properly verified and the inspector has to make judgement calls on whether the circuit is correctly wired. That said I love testing my own rings and calculating whether measured readings are spot on!
As far as radials go there was a long thread on here a while back where an OP stated rings should be outlawed because they are often abused by Kev the kitchen fitter and DIY Dave, his point was radials are much safer.
But unskilled persons being unable to correctly alter a ring is not a reason for banning it, ban Kev and Dave...not the ring!!
That point of view also ignores the potential danger of a radial. One bad or broken connection of the cpc may result in every downstream point working and apparently ok but not having an earth.
Indeed, and one of my bugbears on this forum is those who advise punters to have an EICR because it will identify any problems. No it wont necessarily.... and those of us tasked with carrying out EICR's are not helped by the creation of unrealistic expectations of what an EICR can identify.The problem with properly verifying a ring is not lost on a radial either (for the record, I think spurs off a ring are the Devil's work and should be you last resort).
Say you have a 32A radial in 4mm, how often would an EICR check it had not been extended in 2.5mm for much the same risk as a double-spur on a ring?
Yes, the usual radials on 20A might be safe for 2.5mm but it is the same underlying problem - if some idiot has extended a circuit badly it is not always apparent from the readings.
I guess checking the worst case Zs is OK for the MCB is probably good enough for most cases, but complete verification of an unknown is a costly and difficult situation in both cases.
I don't quite understand that statement.I think the ring is for the more technical minded. The maths in it are great. Really it is not for amateurs so I can see why dumbing down is the way to go as with so many things today.
To be honest I was being a bit provocative/sarcastic. I fully agree there is a place for each of the types of circuit. And the radial is essential in a number of cases. What I rail against is the disposal of the ring final circuit in favour of the radial taking over and dispensing with rfc altogether. I don't think people have thought this through actually. So we have a radial as the preferred household circuit. Branching and branches off of the branches, a kind of fractal growth of additions over the years. Now, it is you job to track down a fault. What would you prefer a nightmare of endless branches or a nice orderly ring with a crossover?I don't quite understand that statement.
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