Kitchen ring main safety

Taylortwocities said:

It is only a ring if you have tested it elecgtrically

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Well someone's been on the shandies!

Taylortwocities said:

It is only a ring if you have tested it elecgtrically and confirmed that it is a ring final circuit. It is unusual for it be a (physical/apparent) ring and for teh fuse to be only 15amps.

It could be that there is a break in the ring. somewhere, and an electrician has reduced the fuse size to 15A for safety purposes.

Do you have a low-ohm continuity tester?

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Thanks for that....I think
I do have an ohms facility on a multi-function multimeter but I'm no expert on electrics so have never got into this. I don't bugger about with house electrics apart from replacing sockets, switches etc.
I have no intention of messing with my kitchen electrics, I was just wondering whether in the instance that the 2.5mm cable that runs in a ring back to the same 15 amp fuse was safe to have all of the appliances on that ring along with the plug sockets as mentioned in my opening post. I can see every part of the cable from fuse and back to the fuse so I assumed that this would be called a ring!
Anyway, thanks for all replies guys, much appreciated.

You can have as many things as you like on any circuit. The total that can run at the same time will be limited by the 15amp fuse.
So, is is safe? Yes
Is it a good design? Maybe not. It depends on the maximum load that could be experienced.

Personally, while the wiring is all exposed, I would get an electrician to check out that circuit and see if a larger fuse could be used for that circuit. It would mean you won't be short of capacity in the kitchen in a years time!

Taylortwocities said:

You can have as many things as you like on any circuit. The total that can run at the same time will be limited by the 15amp fuse.
So, is is safe? Yes
Is it a good design? Maybe not. It depends on the maximum load that could be experienced.

Personally, while the wiring is all exposed, I would get an electrician to check out that circuit and see if a larger fuse could be used for that circuit. It would mean you won't be short of capacity in the kitchen in a years time!

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Yeah that's a good idea, I was getting the fuse box changed later anyway so maybe I'll get the kitchen circuit renewed at the same time.
Out of interest, you say it's maybe not a good design, what would be a good design for kitchen power?

johnbuckley said:

Out of interest, you say it's maybe not a good design, what would be a good design for kitchen power?

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Like everything it depends. It depends on the load that you are planning for the room. A 32a ring is usually sufficient for a kitchen. Plus separate circuits for fixed larger loads like ovens, induction jobs, Quookers, etc.

But then we are moving into the realms of new circuit design, rather than normalising what is already there.