I am replacing socket fronts in my house and I have found something a bit strange. They previous owner installed a boiler just before I moved in and he has taken the feed from one of the double sockets in the living room. The problem is..the cable he has used is 1.5 ( and not the 2.5 on the ring ). This feeds the boiler switch in the kitchen, which is however a single socket which I have been using to run the fridge / freezer and boiler. What of the above is wrong and how do I fix it. ( I was thinking of making it a fused spur at the living room. Change the single socket at the boiler to a double pole switch for only the boiler and run the fridge / freezer from another point. Would this do it ) thanks
the boiler is on a plug which is plugged into an adaptor along with the fridge and the freezer, which is plugged into the single socket. this single socket is in 1.5 cable on a spur from the house ring. hope that explains it more so what can I do to sort this out thanks
the boiler is on a plug which is plugged into an adaptor along with the fridge and the freezer, which is plugged into the single socket. this single socket is in 1.5 cable on a spur from the house ring. Me thinks someone's on a wind-up mission. Who's going to bite?
Take an FCU as a spur from the existing socket on the ring, as you suggest, 13A fuse in it, and run the 1.5mm from that. You can then add as many sockets to that as you like, but the total continuous load will be limited to 13A. Absolutely fine for what you need.
Just a thought.. Does that 1.5mm spurred off the 32 Amp Ring Final and feeding 1 Single Gang socket comply?
there was a thread about that recently, someone said only if it was under a certain length (1m iirc)?
Just wondering on that Jim..don't get me wrong would never do it..but if the adiabatic was ok.. Maybe not.
there was a thread about that recently, someone said only if it was under a certain length (1m iirc)? I think it was 3m. I think the jist was, that smaller cable needed fusing down. Regardless of length. Mr. Handyandy - really
The conductor size for a fused spur is determined from the total current demand served by that spur, which is limited to a maximum of 13a. When a fused spur serves a socket-outlets the minimum conductor size is: 1.5mm2 for cables with thermosetting or thermoplastic insulated conductors, 1mm2 for mineral insulated cables, copper conductors.. The conductor size for circuits protected by a BS3036 fuse is determined by applying the 0.725 factor of regulation 433-02-03, that is, the current-carrying must be at least 27A for circuits A1 and 41A for cicuit A2 I have always used 2.5mm2 tho..