Extend ring or dedicated feed?

[EFCLee1]

Hi

I am about to undertake a big project in my bedroom which will involve adding 3 double sockets to the room currently this is only 1 single socket which is just gay

Anyway, I am building double wardrobes in the alcoves and behind door number 4 counting from the left will be 4 X full PC towers obviously side on, 1 Tivo, 1 AV Receiver, 42" LCD TV, 5.1 Surround speakers and a Netgear switch.

If I extend the ring to include 3 new double sockets 1 of which will be on the wall behind these PC's, I would have to hang a 6-way from each socket to give me 12 plug holes, would that be OK

Obviously my knowledge is a bit thin so please help

Thanks

Lee

 

[ericmark]

To extend or modify one has to comply with current regulations even though the old stuff does not need to be upgraded.

As a result what is needed will depend on what is already there. In theroy IT gear draws very little power so using 12 way adaptors is unlikely to be a problem. However the filters on the IT power supplies can have earth leakage which can build to a point where it trips the earth leakage trip.

So everything hinges around what is already in place.

 

[EFCLee1]

Do you mean the current layout or age and condition of the wires?

 

[ericmark]

Mainly the protection already in place. The new system needs all sockets to be RCD protected. So if there is already a RCD on the ring then you don't need to add one. But if not you will need to add RCD protection. You could use a RCD FCU where the orignal socket is and feed it all from that.

As to if an active or passive type is required will depend on the earth loop impedance.

There are other methods you could use Ali-tube cable and RCD sockets. Or have the consumer unit changed.

But without knowing what is already in place can't start to work out what is required.

Also of course the loading. Simple add it all up. Clearly if over 13A then a RCD FCU is not going to work.

 

[Electrifying]

Hi

I am about to undertake a big project in my bedroom which will involve adding 3 double sockets to the room currently this is only 1 single socket which is just gay

Anyway, I am building double wardrobes in the alcoves and behind door number 4 counting from the left will be 4 X full PC towers obviously side on, 1 Tivo, 1 AV Receiver, 42" LCD TV, 5.1 Surround speakers and a Netgear switch.

If I extend the ring to include 3 new double sockets 1 of which will be on the wall behind these PC's, I would have to hang a 6-way from each socket to give me 12 plug holes, would that be OK

Obviously my knowledge is a bit thin so please help

Thanks

Lee

So you're building double wardrobes and thought you'ld let your socket out of the closet at the same time??

No wonder he's single with a room mate like you.

How do you know that this 'gay', single socket is on a ring, by the way?

 

[JohnD]

1 single socket which is just gay

How do you determine the sexual orientation of a socket?

Is it because it's single? Maybe it just hasn't met the right plug yet?

 

[OwainDIYer]

1 single socket which is just gay

How do you determine the sexual orientation of a socket?

Is it because it's single? Maybe it just hasn't met the right plug yet?

maybe it's an outlet being used as an inlet?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

How do you determine the sexual orientation of a socket?

By being homophobic, like the OP.

 

[timtheenchanter]

Hi
Anyway, I am building double wardrobes in the alcoves and behind door number 4 counting from the left will be 4 X full PC towers obviously side on, 1 Tivo, 1 AV Receiver, 42" LCD TV, 5.1 Surround speakers and a Netgear switch.

besides the socket issue, how are you cooling these, there will be ALOT of heat generated by 4 towers.
As eric says, earth leakage on IT kit may be a problem, I have a laser printer, netswitch, 2 servers miniPC & UPS running in my loft, it leaks enough to hurt, don't ask how I know. It also leaks enough to cause nuisance trips to the RCD as I found out whislt temporarily running it from the main ring (of which I only have one)
This is now run from its own 20A radial through an RCBO, with no problem

 

[EFCLee1]

How do you determine the sexual orientation of a socket?

By being homophobic, like the OP.

Me racist, pliz....



reg..other comments I will take some Polaroids soon as I can lift the floor boards and buzz you all back

Cheers for the help guys

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Me racist, pliz....

Sorry - that wasn't obvious from your post, only the homophobia.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Perhaps it's a foreign socket (although how could we tell?).

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Look up its skirt?

 

[Monkeh]

Hi
Anyway, I am building double wardrobes in the alcoves and behind door number 4 counting from the left will be 4 X full PC towers obviously side on, 1 Tivo, 1 AV Receiver, 42" LCD TV, 5.1 Surround speakers and a Netgear switch.

besides the socket issue, how are you cooling these, there will be ALOT of heat generated by 4 towers.

Will there? They could each dissipate anything from 12W to 1kW. You don't know.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Even 4kw is a lot when it's inside a cupboard.