Hi,
I am currently trying to work out the best way forward with an overloaded ring main which trips in our tea shop. When I put a clamp meter on it shows 39A. When everything else but the steam boiler is unplugged it shows 14A. The ring main is from a 32A RCBO (consumer unit labelled red phase). I was wondering if it is OK to install a socket from another consumer unit (labelled blue phase) via a spare 16A mcb with an additional RCD to a CEEform socket to be located next to other sockets from the ring main? Only the steam boiler will have a CEEform plug on so is the only thing that can be plugged into the new socket.
Any advice appreciated,
I am currently trying to work out the best way forward with an overloaded ring main which trips in our tea shop. When I put a clamp meter on it shows 39A. When everything else but the steam boiler is unplugged it shows 14A. The ring main is from a 32A RCBO (consumer unit labelled red phase). I was wondering if it is OK to install a socket from another consumer unit (labelled blue phase) via a spare 16A mcb with an additional RCD to a CEEform socket to be located next to other sockets from the ring main? Only the steam boiler will have a CEEform plug on so is the only thing that can be plugged into the new socket.
Any advice appreciated,