Ring/Spur

[snadge]

Hello

We are decorating the small spare bedroom and it has just one single socket, she wants 2 double sockets and a single socket dotted about the room.

will the ring have to be 'extended' around to these sockets or can you spur off the ring to them? (saving on cable expense) - just wondering what approaches can be taken to this scenario.

thanks

 

[elrobbo82]

you can spur straight off the single socket for one socket or you can place a 13A fused control unit and add as many as you want but you will be limited to a max of 13A.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

If the circuit is a Ring final circuit, you have options.
You can indeed extend the the circuit, that would be my preference.
Or you can install a 13A Fused Connection Unit where the single socket is and add as many sockets to this as you want, load allowing that is.
You can spur form the existing socket but only one socket (single or double) should be taken from it, you can not spur off a spur.
If you can get under the floor, I would extend the circuit, not going to cost that much more in materials or time really.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

just wondering what approaches can be taken to this scenario.

One that should not be taken is making the saving of a few £ worth of cable the main criterion.

 

[xr4x4]

Turn one of the sockets into a junction box with a blank plate and extend the circuit off this.

 

[elrobbo82]

why a junction box? why not just extend the ring and keep the socket jointing in the back box?

 

[xr4x4]

Guess you could if there's room.

 

[JohnW2]

Or you can install a 13A Fused Connection Unit where the single socket is and add as many sockets to this as you want, load allowing that is.
You can spur form this but only one socket (single or double) should be taken from it, you can not spur off a spur.

Does that second sentence also refer to a fused spur? If so, I see no reason why one cannot spur off a fused spur (or indeed, off a spur off a spur off a fused spur etc. etc.). Why is 'spurring off' a fused spur any different from adding additional sockets to a fused spur in a radial layout?

Kind Regards, John.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Does that second sentence also refer to a fused spur?
Kind Regards, John.

No that was not the intend info, I was trying to put across.
Edited the post to avoid confusion.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Turn one of the sockets into a junction box with a blank plate and extend the circuit off this.

How would that work?

 

[JohnW2]

Turn one of the sockets into a junction box with a blank plate and extend the circuit off this.

How would that work?

It may, of course been a reference to a spur - but one could use it as a means of extending a ring, particularly if there were problems of access to wiring of the existing ring....

... the ring could be 'broken' at this junction box, the broken ends being connected to two 3-terminal connector blocks (or one 6-terminal one), and a new segment of ring then wired in between those two connector blocks. Not very 'nice', but it would work.

Kind Regards, John.