If I run a spur off an existing socket using a 13a FCU first off, can I daisy chain other sockets from the new socket. i.e existing socket-fcu-new socket-new socket-etc,
bpowell555 said:Does this mean you can spur off a spur?!!
crafty1289 said:bpowell555 said:Does this mean you can spur off a spur?!!
Trying to catch me out eh? didn't work
noooo! come back!bpowell555 said:Seriously though, let me get this right, you can't spur off a spur but you can run an FCU off a spur? This is brilliant! That's made my day
crafty1289 said:noooo! come back!bpowell555 said:Seriously though, let me get this right, you can't spur off a spur but you can run an FCU off a spur? This is brilliant! That's made my day
you can have a spur (chain of sockets on 2.5mm²) as long as you want, with as many sockets as you want, PROVIDING you start the chain of sockets with an FCU with a 13A fuse in it!
Think about it like those 10-way trailing sockets you can buy now, they start with a 13A plug, its just the same.
bpowell555 said:crafty1289 said:noooo! come back!bpowell555 said:Seriously though, let me get this right, you can't spur off a spur but you can run an FCU off a spur? This is brilliant! That's made my day
you can have a spur (chain of sockets on 2.5mm²) as long as you want, with as many sockets as you want, PROVIDING you start the chain of sockets with an FCU with a 13A fuse in it!
Think about it like those 10-way trailing sockets you can buy now, they start with a 13A plug, its just the same.
Ok I get you the FCU must be at the start of the spur. So if you have a spur you want to extend and are sure its not already a spur off a spur, then you should cut an FCU in before the spur after which you can extend ad infinitum - for low load items.
This is cool. It gives me some options for wiring I hadn't thought were available before
Cheers!
bpowell555 said:This is cool. It gives me some options for wiring I hadn't thought were available before
richardpy1 said:To further clarify, if you have a socket which is already on a spur and then you fit an FCU to "extend" the spur, the length of cable running between the socket and the FCU is technically an unfused spur itself (as the FCU comes AFTER it not before it.) Therefore this length of cable, however short, is "an unfused spur off an unfused spur" which is not allowed ?
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Hope that doesn't confuse !
Rich
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