Fused Spur and BS7671

[securespark]

The regs say you can have as many unfused spurs as you have socket outlets & pieces of stationary equipment. An unfused spur being a piece of cable tapped off the ring at either a jb, socket or the db terminals, terminating in one outlet).

The number of fused spurs in unlimited, a fused spur being a connection to the ring through a fused connection unit the rating of the fuse not exceeding that of the cable and not exceeding 13A.

Please don't confuse, in this context anyway, the electrical accessories with the descriptions above.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I sympathise with you and wholeheartedly, and as for using bell wire, you would be horrified to see the state of some homes even now.
This was the very reason why Part P building regulations were introduced.

Oh perlease...

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I can see why Part P came in and made the Kitchen, Bathroom and Garden a special location.

Rearding the kitchen, I can't. And neither can the IEE.

The above are the most electrically hazardous place’s in the home

Explain why adding a socket in a kitchen is more hazardous than adding one in a living room.

 

[Spark123]

Maybe just a play on words, but a kitchen is not classed as a special location, although electrical work within a kitchen may be notifiable under the "kitchen" heading.
From http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2004/20043210.htm

4. For the purposes of this Schedule -

"kitchen" means a room or part of a room which contains a sink and food preparation facilities;

"special installation" means an electric floor or ceiling heating system, a garden lighting or electric power installation, an electricity generator, or an extra-low voltage lighting system which is not a pre-assembled lighting set bearing the CE marking referred to in regulation 9 of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994[14]; and

"special location" means a location within the limits of the relevant zones specified for a bath, a shower, a swimming or paddling pool or a hot air sauna in the Wiring Regulations, sixteenth edition, published by the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the British Standards Institution as BS 7671: 2001 and incorporating amendments 1 and 2."