Ring Main - Does this sound ok please ?

[Taylortwocities]

A radial generally has more than one outlet.

Where do this thoughts come from, Winston? Is it drugs with you or just guesswork?



A simple examples of Radial circuits.

Immersion heater = one outlet
Cooker circuit = one outlet
Shower circuit - one outlet

By your definition none of these circuits are radials. They certainly are not ring final circuits. What would you call a circuit that has one cable leaving the the consumer unit and only goes to one place then? A rad, an ial??

 

[JohnW2]

A radial generally has more than one outlet.

Where do this thoughts come from, Winston? Is it drugs with you or just guesswork?

Agreed - winston's comment is just not correct. Indeed, in the majority of domestic properties, the great majority of radial circuits (other than lighting circuits), such as you go on to mention, have only one 'outlet'.

However, this does not alter what I said in my previous post. I don't think there is any reason for concern about one (or more) 2.5mm² 'spurs', each supplying just one socket, from a 32A (ring or radial) circuit originating at the CU - it's no different from (actually, electrically, a little 'better' than) 2.5mm² 'spurs' originating anywhere else in the circuit.

Kind Regards, John

 

[TanDiy]

Thanks for all the replies. For the short term I have made a new extension lead using a double outlet socket and thick cable which is running from one socket of the existing double outlet, the fridge and freezer are both running. In a couple of weeks I will get an electrician to put a new dedicated circuit in for the garage, Thanks again.

 

[deadshort]

A pleasure.

DS