Spurring off an immersion

[edthebad]

Here's the thing. I have an airing cupboard which houses a boiler, a solar panel electric panel (on a plug), an immersion heater (which is currently on a plug) and a loft light (also on a plug). All these have been spurred off the old immersion heater cable (16amp). The immersion heater on the plug is a new installation.

I want to have a fused spur for the solar, the immersion, the boiler and the light so my question is:

Can I use the 16amp cable to spur off them all - or should it only be the immersion and the boiler say or the immersion and the solar. The others I could spur off the ring and then fuse down but I don't know how much juice the boiler and the solar take - my instinct would be not much because they're not heat sources.

Incidentally I am getting this all checked and certified (part P wise) next week with my sparks but I'm doing the leg work. I could ask him but he's on holiday this week.

Thanks

Ed

 

[bengasman]

Ask sparky to do it properly when he is working there anyway, it sounds like asking for trouble. It really is not that difficult to add a few sockets properly. Leave the immersion heater on a dedicated line if you can.

 

[edthebad]

Fair dos. I suppose i'm just one of those people who like to know how things work, even if I don't do it myself - plus I've just been stitched up like a kipper by a plumber who really has taken the mick and I KNOW I could have done what he's done so I'm feeling a little paranoid. I'll leave it to the sparks.