I have recently bought a large Victorian house. The existing electrical installation comprised of two Wylex six way fuseboxes (cream plastic 100A each) and a smaller 2 way metal MEM box which had been added for the garage. We decided to have a new large modern CU installed, and since the existing cabling checked out OK (by the electrician) this has been done and everything is up and running and the place now has RCD protection etc...
When I was weighing up options on what to do however, I drew this up as a potential way of using and updating the existing CUs (minus the MEM box). Although we ultimately decided to go for one new large CU, I am still curious as to whether this setup (assuming it was installed correctly) would have met regulations.
CIRCUITS:
WYLEX 1
1 - GARAGE LIGHTS (5A BREAKER)
2 - ATTIC LIGHTS (5A BREAKER)
3 - 1ST FLOOR LIGHTS (5A BREAKER)
4 - GROUND FLOOR LIGHTS (5A BREAKER)
5 - ATTIC RADIAL (25A BREAKER)
6 - GARAGE RADIAL (25A BREAKER)
WYLEX 2
7 - KITCHEN LIGHTS (5A BREAKER)
8 - BASEMENT LIGHTS (5A BREAKER)
9 - BASEMENT RADIAL (25A BREAKER)
10 - KITCHEN RADIAL (25A BREAKER)
11 - 1ST FLOOR RING (32A BREAKER)
12 - GROUND FLOOR RING (32A BREAKER)
MODERN CU
13 - SHOWER 1 (40A RCBO)
14 - SHOWER 2 (40A RCBO)
15 - COOKER (16A RCBO)
I am not an electrician, which is why I decided to have the whole setup replaced professionally, so please point out but forgive any obvious mistakes I've made here as I'm just interested as to the ins and outs of what is OK/not OK about this 'theoretical' set up.
Thanks for your time!
When I was weighing up options on what to do however, I drew this up as a potential way of using and updating the existing CUs (minus the MEM box). Although we ultimately decided to go for one new large CU, I am still curious as to whether this setup (assuming it was installed correctly) would have met regulations.
CIRCUITS:
WYLEX 1
1 - GARAGE LIGHTS (5A BREAKER)
2 - ATTIC LIGHTS (5A BREAKER)
3 - 1ST FLOOR LIGHTS (5A BREAKER)
4 - GROUND FLOOR LIGHTS (5A BREAKER)
5 - ATTIC RADIAL (25A BREAKER)
6 - GARAGE RADIAL (25A BREAKER)
WYLEX 2
7 - KITCHEN LIGHTS (5A BREAKER)
8 - BASEMENT LIGHTS (5A BREAKER)
9 - BASEMENT RADIAL (25A BREAKER)
10 - KITCHEN RADIAL (25A BREAKER)
11 - 1ST FLOOR RING (32A BREAKER)
12 - GROUND FLOOR RING (32A BREAKER)
MODERN CU
13 - SHOWER 1 (40A RCBO)
14 - SHOWER 2 (40A RCBO)
15 - COOKER (16A RCBO)
I am not an electrician, which is why I decided to have the whole setup replaced professionally, so please point out but forgive any obvious mistakes I've made here as I'm just interested as to the ins and outs of what is OK/not OK about this 'theoretical' set up.
Thanks for your time!