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[random_particle]

Hi All

Firstly, If there is a 60amp supply and you connect your 2 socket rings [Ground & 1st floor] at 30amp's each, your 2 lighting radials at 5amp's each a new kichen extension [which luckily has a gas cooker] which will probably need it's own lighting radial and ring? with freezer, fridge, dishwasher, washing machine, micro/grill combo and a bit spare for the loft conversion in a few years?

How would you load that on the consumer unit?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

The accepted practice is to place the higher rated MCBs closest to the main switch, but there is then the unresolved issue of not placing two high-loads next to one another because of overheating. Maybe buying a big CU and putting blanked-off gaps between such MCBs is the answer!

BTW - you should get your supply upgraded - 60A is a bit light - go for 100A, or 80A at the very least.

 

[random_particle]

Sorry, what I meant, is say, I got my mate to up his amperage to 100A, how would you split the loading. ie: Ground Socket Ring 30A; 1st Floor Socket Ring 30A; Etc?

Thanks All.

 

[ZenStalinist]

Usually
Ground Floor socket ring: 30 or 32 amps
Upstairs: 30 or 32 amps
Kitchen ring: 30 or 32 amps

In our house we have a kitchen ring and a 'rest of the house' ring. There is also a basement ring simply because adding a new ring circuit was the easiest way to put 5 double sockets down there. Plus there is a 32 amp radial and a 20 amp radial in the dining room, because of how the electrics were upgraded.

As for the load on the consumer unit, you really have to ask yourself, what is the most you will use... You should have a modern CU capable of handling 100 amps.

As for lighting, it is typically split into downstairs and upstairs, unless there are any special situations (such as one of those damn 500 or 1000 watt floodlights), in which case it may be advisable to have that, (and maybe the light in the nearby room if it makes things easier and won't overload it) on its own circuit.