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Morning all!
I past a job onto a friend of mine which was rewire what was a 2 bedroom semi into being refurbished into a 5 bed student house. I suggested just wiring simple ring mains but that's because it turns out I am simple.
So his suggestion is to wire each room individually, as 4mm twin and earth radials protected by a 32A rcbo. Only 5-6 twin sockets in each room but he reckons 4mm just to cover things as we don't know if these students will have their own irons, kettles, toasters, heaters, mini fridges etc in their rooms. The house will have central heating but just in case which I think is perfectly ok...correct me if I'm wrong though.
The thing that I'm not sure of though is that he mentioned sticking a unswitched spur at the end of each radial in the room (wired in 4mm) and wiring the light for that room off it, protected by a 3A fuse wired in 1.5mm twin and earth. I mean although its only a single 6'' ceiling rose with a 24w energy saving lamp, is this ok to do?????
I understand what he is saying as each room can be isolated in case of fault of maintenance etc but the lighting I'm just concerned about.
Any advice welcomed and many thanks in advance.
I'll try to reply back to any questions and comments as soon as i get back tonight. Thanks
I past a job onto a friend of mine which was rewire what was a 2 bedroom semi into being refurbished into a 5 bed student house. I suggested just wiring simple ring mains but that's because it turns out I am simple.
So his suggestion is to wire each room individually, as 4mm twin and earth radials protected by a 32A rcbo. Only 5-6 twin sockets in each room but he reckons 4mm just to cover things as we don't know if these students will have their own irons, kettles, toasters, heaters, mini fridges etc in their rooms. The house will have central heating but just in case which I think is perfectly ok...correct me if I'm wrong though.
The thing that I'm not sure of though is that he mentioned sticking a unswitched spur at the end of each radial in the room (wired in 4mm) and wiring the light for that room off it, protected by a 3A fuse wired in 1.5mm twin and earth. I mean although its only a single 6'' ceiling rose with a 24w energy saving lamp, is this ok to do?????
I understand what he is saying as each room can be isolated in case of fault of maintenance etc but the lighting I'm just concerned about.
Any advice welcomed and many thanks in advance.
I'll try to reply back to any questions and comments as soon as i get back tonight. Thanks