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Hi all,
Could somebody please give me a bit of help regarding rewiring a loft conversion?.
We live in a small 2 bedroom bungalow which had a complete rewire 5 years ago. As all of the floors are solid, all of the wires from the RCD CU run up to the loft first.
In the loft conversion is a bedroom with en suite and a small study.
The CU was put in the most awkward position in the Kitchen and is very difficult to get at(for connecting new circuits) without dismantling kitchen units.
When rewiring the loft, I was going to extend the existing ring main and light circuit, but obviously this would mean not being able to seperate upstairs from downstairs.
There is a large cable (I think 6mm T+E), which runs from the CU, into the loft and out the other end to a detached garage. The garage then has it\\\'s own RCD, which is split for lights and sockets.
I know that outbuildings are meant to be kept seperate, but can somebody tell me if I can connect another RCD to this cable in the loft to run the loft sockets and lights and therefore keep them seperate from downstairs. Somebody suggested that I should disconnect the garage and connect a RCD with at least 3 MCD\\\'s to supply the garage and loft? - it doesn\\\'t sound right!!.
The CU is split as follows:-
RCD
Kitchen Sockets - B32
Other Sockets - B32
Garage - B40 which goes to a seperate RCD split with B20 and B6
Cooker - B32
Non-RCD
Burglar Alarm - B6
Lights (Left hand side of bungalow) - B6
Lights (Right hand side of bungalow) - B6
Boiler - B6
If I do extend the existing ring main, I wouldn\\\'t exceed the 100 square metres maximum.
Any advice or ideas would be much appreciated.
Could somebody please give me a bit of help regarding rewiring a loft conversion?.
We live in a small 2 bedroom bungalow which had a complete rewire 5 years ago. As all of the floors are solid, all of the wires from the RCD CU run up to the loft first.
In the loft conversion is a bedroom with en suite and a small study.
The CU was put in the most awkward position in the Kitchen and is very difficult to get at(for connecting new circuits) without dismantling kitchen units.
When rewiring the loft, I was going to extend the existing ring main and light circuit, but obviously this would mean not being able to seperate upstairs from downstairs.
There is a large cable (I think 6mm T+E), which runs from the CU, into the loft and out the other end to a detached garage. The garage then has it\\\'s own RCD, which is split for lights and sockets.
I know that outbuildings are meant to be kept seperate, but can somebody tell me if I can connect another RCD to this cable in the loft to run the loft sockets and lights and therefore keep them seperate from downstairs. Somebody suggested that I should disconnect the garage and connect a RCD with at least 3 MCD\\\'s to supply the garage and loft? - it doesn\\\'t sound right!!.
The CU is split as follows:-
RCD
Kitchen Sockets - B32
Other Sockets - B32
Garage - B40 which goes to a seperate RCD split with B20 and B6
Cooker - B32
Non-RCD
Burglar Alarm - B6
Lights (Left hand side of bungalow) - B6
Lights (Right hand side of bungalow) - B6
Boiler - B6
If I do extend the existing ring main, I wouldn\\\'t exceed the 100 square metres maximum.
Any advice or ideas would be much appreciated.