I recently added a fused switch and a double socket in my utility room as I am having a new boiler fitted there. I tapped in to the kitchen ring easily locating the ring going to the far end of my kitchen where a double socket is located.
It is now clear that it was not a ring main but a cable directly from the consumer unit (on a 16amp fuse) and a spur feeding 5 additional plugs (2 double 1 single). On the other side of the kitchen.
If you add all the above plugs up it's starting to sound a bit dangerous.....
To solve this problem I am going to feed a new cable from the last plug on the current spur back to the consumer unit and replace the 16amp fuse with a 32 amp one. Will this change my spur in to a ring main??? I am planning on doing the wiring myself but get an electritian to connect it up at the CU.
Is my plan a good one? any additional advice would be much appreciated.
It is now clear that it was not a ring main but a cable directly from the consumer unit (on a 16amp fuse) and a spur feeding 5 additional plugs (2 double 1 single). On the other side of the kitchen.
If you add all the above plugs up it's starting to sound a bit dangerous.....
To solve this problem I am going to feed a new cable from the last plug on the current spur back to the consumer unit and replace the 16amp fuse with a 32 amp one. Will this change my spur in to a ring main??? I am planning on doing the wiring myself but get an electritian to connect it up at the CU.
Is my plan a good one? any additional advice would be much appreciated.