I have a ring main in my house which I extended to accommodate a new room (adjoining workshop – so the cables are exposed). I would like the option of cutting off this room so I can switch everything off in there without having to go round every plug socket at night.
So the ring comes in/goes out on two cables. I could put a double pole switch on both cables and switch them off at night but then obviously I’d be left with two switches to switch and two radials. Is there such a switch/diagram that would switch off part of the ring (one room) but join up the two radials back to a ring? Does it matter that there would be two radials left? Am I just being lazy? Is this a good thing to do anyway?
So the ring comes in/goes out on two cables. I could put a double pole switch on both cables and switch them off at night but then obviously I’d be left with two switches to switch and two radials. Is there such a switch/diagram that would switch off part of the ring (one room) but join up the two radials back to a ring? Does it matter that there would be two radials left? Am I just being lazy? Is this a good thing to do anyway?