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Hi,
I am a student have been for the last three years but I came from industry and been working as a spark on and off for the last couple of years.
I am in a student house now with about one double socket per room, so each room has about two 4 way trailing sockets (I did the PAT testing my self and made up each of the 4 ways with MK stock). We can trip the rings with ease when we fully load them, say on the way out on a night out that is 4 heaters, hair dryers, 4 computers, and anything else you can think of been on at the same time. I put it down to inrush on an all ready loaded ring. If I was not living here the residents would be constantly without power waiting for the landlord to show and he is not that fast. I would go with a ring for each room and emergency lighting, most sparks I know back home go with this method. We have a 60A cut and I would love to get my clamp meter back to see what we are running at on a normal busy day.
Most of my freinds houses are badly rewired mostly DIY jobs from the looks of it but there are a few that have been done really well with 3 phase, sub mains in swa and metal clad cu's and lots of FPS. But most student houses I have found are badly maintained.
Adam
I am a student have been for the last three years but I came from industry and been working as a spark on and off for the last couple of years.
I am in a student house now with about one double socket per room, so each room has about two 4 way trailing sockets (I did the PAT testing my self and made up each of the 4 ways with MK stock). We can trip the rings with ease when we fully load them, say on the way out on a night out that is 4 heaters, hair dryers, 4 computers, and anything else you can think of been on at the same time. I put it down to inrush on an all ready loaded ring. If I was not living here the residents would be constantly without power waiting for the landlord to show and he is not that fast. I would go with a ring for each room and emergency lighting, most sparks I know back home go with this method. We have a 60A cut and I would love to get my clamp meter back to see what we are running at on a normal busy day.
Most of my freinds houses are badly rewired mostly DIY jobs from the looks of it but there are a few that have been done really well with 3 phase, sub mains in swa and metal clad cu's and lots of FPS. But most student houses I have found are badly maintained.
Adam
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