Rewire advise

cdel2005 · 28 Nov 2018

just had a rewire to bungalow
Lounge has 6 sockets
4 of the 6 sockets are on the kitchen breaker at consumer unit

At consumer unit there is two breakers relating to sockets
Kitchen sockets
Sockets
Has this been wired incorrectly or is this just bad practise

DetlefSchmitz · 28 Nov 2018

The only bad practice is probably that the labeling should be more accurate.

EFLImpudence · 28 Nov 2018

Can't say if they have been wired correctly or not, but nothing wrong from what you say apart from it should be labelled correctly.

Alter the labels to state the actual sockets the circuits supply.

cdel2005 · 28 Nov 2018

well thats rubbish
1 room split between two breakers not labled correctly

kitchen breaker isolates kitchen and 4 lounge sockets

socket breaker isolates 2 in lounge,hall,and front room

too much to ask to have kitchen sockets on kitchen ring only

all others on sockets ring?

EFLImpudence · 28 Nov 2018

What difference does it make?

They could all be on one circuit. Depnds on the routing of the cable.

Are the four lounge sockets on the kitchen wall?

cdel2005 · 28 Nov 2018

Efl i dont know which is more dangerous
the fact that its incorrectly labelled or the fact that if the socket breaker is off 4 live sockets still remain.
but a spark has done it so must be ok?

flameport · 28 Nov 2018

It's wrongly labelled.
Nothing wrong or dangerous about having more than one socket circuit, or having more than one circuit for a particular room.

EFLImpudence · 28 Nov 2018

When correctly labelled, there will be no problem so not dangerous.

Anyway - you should always "check for dead" after (thinking you are) isolating a circuit.

DetlefSchmitz · 28 Nov 2018

Two points:
1) I don't think that people giving you the correct advice appreciate being told they are talking rubbish.
2) I suggest you don't do any electrical work yourself if you don't realise that testing for dead is the first step in doing any such work.

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