Adding a socket at the consumer unit

[staneee]

Hi.

I need to add a plug socket under the stairs were the fuse/consumer unit is.

Can I just spur off from the RCD for the ring main or do I have to do something different.

 

[felix]

If the ring main live terminal in the consumer unit will take the extra wire go right ahead. The only time I ever had a problem was with a fuse carrier that had two rings, ie four wires, in it.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Given how close you are to all the necessary cables, why spur? Surely you can put the socket onto the ring?

 

[Scoby_Beasley]

Given how close you are to all the necessary cables, why spur? Surely you can put the socket onto the ring?

Maybe not if, like here, understairs has been opened up and all cables are buried in the (existing) wall.

 

[felix]

Sod's law is quite clear on this. No matter where you want your socket/light/bell transformer, the existing cables will be running off in the opposite direction. Been there, tried that, put a spur in.

 

[towman]

Given how close you are to all the necessary cables, why spur? Surely you can put the socket onto the ring?

Maybe not if, like here, understairs has been opened up and all cables are buried in the (existing) wall.

And I expect the b*****ds that put the stuff in didn't leave any slack either!!

 

[plugwash]

i hope that you mean mcb not rcd

to answer your question yes it is allowed to spur off a ring at the origin of the cuircuit.

 

[securespark]

Plug

He could have meant RCBO......in which case that would be fine.

 

[plugwash]

indeed he could though its far more likely he meant mcb simply because rcbos are rare on domestic

and i think there aren't many people who would reffer to a rcbo as a rcd (even though it technically is one) unless they were completely ignorant about what mcbs and rcds where.

 

[Scoby_Beasley]

And I expect the b*****ds that put the stuff in didn't leave any slack either!!

Cut to the quick, so to speak !