Guys,
I spend a lot of my spare time building and hacking gadgets and tinkering with electronics in general, so I've decided to build a proper workbench in my workshop.
As part of this I want to install sockets atop the workbench; extension leads are messy and this way I can have as many sockets as I like.
My plan is to spur off from a socket on the ring final through a 13A RCD fused spur and power probably five sockets from this spur, which will be mounted on the counter top.
I am aware that it is possible to plug far more than 13 amps' worth of gear into five double sockets, but it's simply not going to happen - the sockets are for things like power supplies, soldering irons and the occasional drill.
As the spur will be protected by a 13A fuse, is this going to be an issue regulations-wise? I'm sure I remember hearing somewhere that you can only have one socket on a spur, but is this situation different? Obviously the reason for this rule would be to avoid overloading the 2.5mm T&E feeding the sockets, but as the whole lot is fused at 13 amps I don't see how this can happen.
Cheers.
I spend a lot of my spare time building and hacking gadgets and tinkering with electronics in general, so I've decided to build a proper workbench in my workshop.
As part of this I want to install sockets atop the workbench; extension leads are messy and this way I can have as many sockets as I like.
My plan is to spur off from a socket on the ring final through a 13A RCD fused spur and power probably five sockets from this spur, which will be mounted on the counter top.
I am aware that it is possible to plug far more than 13 amps' worth of gear into five double sockets, but it's simply not going to happen - the sockets are for things like power supplies, soldering irons and the occasional drill.
As the spur will be protected by a 13A fuse, is this going to be an issue regulations-wise? I'm sure I remember hearing somewhere that you can only have one socket on a spur, but is this situation different? Obviously the reason for this rule would be to avoid overloading the 2.5mm T&E feeding the sockets, but as the whole lot is fused at 13 amps I don't see how this can happen.
Cheers.