the house used to have storage heaters, they are long gone but the switches to switch them on and off, and the wiring back to the D/B remain.
i am aiming to get most of the house running from batteries charged by a wind turbine, solar panels, and the cheap economy 7 electricity. there is only one socket ring in the house, which is going to be powered from the batteries via an inverter.
but the inverter will trip if i plug something of high load like a hoover in. so here is what i want to do...
i want to use the existing cabling that went to the storage heaters (2.5MM t+e) and replace the isolator switch with a plug socket, and then i want to connect the other end of the cable to the main consumer unit.
that way i can use high loads from the mains, not the batteries.
there are six isolator switches which i plan to change into plug sockets, but they are not on a ring, each one is on its own circuit going all the way back to the D/B.
could i make a ring using junction boxes above the D/B and have each socket as a spur?
i've done a diagram to show what i mean, incase its not obvious, the circles are junction boxes.
thanks in advance!
i am aiming to get most of the house running from batteries charged by a wind turbine, solar panels, and the cheap economy 7 electricity. there is only one socket ring in the house, which is going to be powered from the batteries via an inverter.
but the inverter will trip if i plug something of high load like a hoover in. so here is what i want to do...
i want to use the existing cabling that went to the storage heaters (2.5MM t+e) and replace the isolator switch with a plug socket, and then i want to connect the other end of the cable to the main consumer unit.
that way i can use high loads from the mains, not the batteries.
there are six isolator switches which i plan to change into plug sockets, but they are not on a ring, each one is on its own circuit going all the way back to the D/B.
could i make a ring using junction boxes above the D/B and have each socket as a spur?
i've done a diagram to show what i mean, incase its not obvious, the circles are junction boxes.
thanks in advance!