Fused junction boxes & circuits

[Boldm]

I want 7 double sockets installed in a room where I don't want the flooring to be lifted - underfloor access (but limited) is possible from cellar.

Electrician suggested the following solution.
- connect fused function box to the CU
- connect each of the double sockets to the fused junction box.

As not a ring or radial circuit can anyone tell me
1) if this is within IEE regulations
2) what are the downsides if any of this solution?

thanks

Boldm

 

[The Baker]

Out of interest Boldm, what fuse rating and conductor sizes do you propose to use?
I am not an electrition and am following this thread out of curiosity as well as to learn something.
The Baker.

 

[johnny_t]

I'm not an electrician, so nothing I am about to say is necessarily correct but the two downsides I can see (if I have read it right, and you are proposing a layout a bit like a 7-pointed star) are:

1) The total current draw is still going to be limited by the FCU, so you are going to use a lot more cable, and do a lot more work, for no electrical benefit.
2) Trying to cram 7 cables into the FCU might be fun.

Also, do you not have a spare way in your CU that you can run back to ?

 

[Spark123]

As not a ring or radial circuit can anyone tell me...

What is it then? Its gotta be one or the other hasn't it?

 

[JohnD]

Does your electrician appear to be British?




p.s. you could treat it like you would a room with a concrete floor that you can't get under, and run the cabling in chases in the walls. this would mean replastering and redecorating the cut areas, would that be a prob?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I want 7 double sockets installed in a room where I don't want the flooring to be lifted

I want to drive a Ferrari with Claudia Schiffer naked on the pasenger seat.

But we don't always get what we want.

Stop compromising the electrical design and lift the bl**dy floor.