I'm re-wiring my house (just about finished) with the help of a tame electrician --- I'm doing the work and he drinks tea, eats biscuits and offers advice
99% of my sockets are on the ring but I have 2 on a spur each...and my electrician is insisting that I put an FCU on the ring with the spur coming out of the FCU....rather than taking a spur directly from another socket on the ring. I can see his argument....there is no single stretch of spur 2.5mm T&E that is not protected by a 13amp fuse.....but all my books clearly show a spur coming off an existing ring socket...and if there is an FCU, it is between ring socket and spur socket on single piece of 2.5mm T&E.
He is also insisting that the FCU serving the permanently wired appliances (boiler, water tank thermostat, etc, etc) also be on the ring. Again, all my books show a single 2.5mm cable coming from a JB or ring socket to these FCUs.
Is he just being very cautious or are the regs really this tight now? The book I'm using as a reference is The Which? Book of Wiring & Lighting by Mike Lawrence.
Thanks for your help and advice ... and Happy Xmas everyone!
Paul
99% of my sockets are on the ring but I have 2 on a spur each...and my electrician is insisting that I put an FCU on the ring with the spur coming out of the FCU....rather than taking a spur directly from another socket on the ring. I can see his argument....there is no single stretch of spur 2.5mm T&E that is not protected by a 13amp fuse.....but all my books clearly show a spur coming off an existing ring socket...and if there is an FCU, it is between ring socket and spur socket on single piece of 2.5mm T&E.
He is also insisting that the FCU serving the permanently wired appliances (boiler, water tank thermostat, etc, etc) also be on the ring. Again, all my books show a single 2.5mm cable coming from a JB or ring socket to these FCUs.
Is he just being very cautious or are the regs really this tight now? The book I'm using as a reference is The Which? Book of Wiring & Lighting by Mike Lawrence.
Thanks for your help and advice ... and Happy Xmas everyone!
Paul