wire a FCU to junction box for cooker hood

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can i wire a FCU to junction box for cooker hood.
This juction box:
has 1 wire connection to another FCU for boiler.
has 1 wire connection to another socket which then connects to washing machine wall socket.
has 1 wire coming from another wall socket which connects to consumer unit.

thanks in advance
 
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Is it a ring circuit you want to spur from?

This would be OK but not best practice.

It would be better to extend the ring (if it is a ring) to include the new FCU, or spur off an existing socket on the ring (which does not already have a spur).
 
i would say that the junction box is one spur for the boiler, so a second FCU on the same junction box wouldnt be a good idea.

can you come off another socket?
 
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can you come off the cable before or after the junction box?

idealy you want to extend the ring (if it is one) to the new fcu and back to the junc box.
 
can you come off the cable before or after the junction box?

idealy you want to extend the ring (if it is one) to the new fcu and back to the junc box.
is there any other options beside extending the ring?

what about if i wire FCU to the socket on right (where the wire is coming from floorboard)
 
If extending the ring is really inconvenient, then it is OK to spur off it, especially as these spurs are fused down for dedicated appliances and will not be used to supply sockets (which is less preferable).

What is the rating of the protective device for this circuit, and what size cable is used?

That socket on the far left is only shown as having one cable. If so then this either a radial circuit, or a spur off a ring. Does your washing machine(?) single socket have 2 cables running through it, indicating it may be on the ring?

Maybe you can intercept the cable between the right-hand socket and the JB and place the FCU on the ring(?), or maybe sod's law dictates not.

From your diagram, the best place would be that socket on the right. Keep the unfused part of the spur (before the FCU) short. I think 3m is the limit, but the shorter the better.

There is nothing inherently dangerous about having two spurs from a single JB, but the terminal capacity must be capable of securely accomodating all the conductors and rated accordingly, and dressing 4 x 2.5mm² cables (I assume) in the JB may be tricky. I would avoid this if you can. If you can avoid JB's entirely, that is good.

I do recommend you determine which of those existing sockets are forming the ring (if it is a ring) before spuring off any of them. If you get this wrong you risk a non-compliant installation. An LABC inspector would be asking all these questions.
 
washing machine socket has only one cable.

my cooker hood is this one
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/logik-...el-04990892-pdt.html#product-information[url][/url]

i will use Twin and Earth Cable 2.5mm http://www.wickes.co.uk/Twin-and-Earth-Cable/invt/156196

can i use this fcu http://www.wickes.co.uk/13A-Slimline-Fused-Connection-Unit/invt/155835 and replace 13a with 3a as i could not get 3a.

so in brief: spur 3a fcu from the socket on right using t&e 2.5mm cable and connect hood to this fcu.

thnx
 
washing machine socket has only one cable.

my cooker hood is this one
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/logik-...el-04990892-pdt.html#product-information[url][/url]

i will use Twin and Earth Cable 2.5mm http://www.wickes.co.uk/Twin-and-Earth-Cable/invt/156196

can i use this fcu http://www.wickes.co.uk/13A-Slimline-Fused-Connection-Unit/invt/155835 and replace 13a with 3a as i could not get 3a.

so in brief: spur 3a fcu from the socket on right using t&e 2.5mm cable and connect hood to this fcu.

thnx

Cable and FCU are fine.
To comply with the law, you need to notify building control before you start, convince them you know what you're doing, pay them up to 4 times the likely cost of having an electrician do it and agree how it will be tested (at possible extra cost).
 

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