Adding a Plug Socket in the Attic

[winston1]

I am getting a bit confused as to why it is such an issue someone said I have a 32RCBO and a 16RCBO for my 2 socket sets? I am assuming the one labeled 'sockets' is my bungalow ring sockets? and the one labeled garage sockets is for the 3 sockets in my garage? Does this have a big impact?

We have a member on here who likes an argument.

I think I can test it is a ring by turning off the MCB for the SOCKETS and using a multimeter to check for continuity between the 2 RED positive cables at a socket?

They are NOT positives, they are lives. Only DC has positives.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

As far as I can tell the original statement by 333rockey333

You have a 16 amp RCBO and a 32 amp RCBO labelled as sockets

is true in that I have two RCBO's for my 2 socket sets? (Sockets and GARAGE SOCKETS

It is true.

You, and everybody else, can see that you have two RCBOs labelled as sockets.

 

[Taylortwocities]

 

[bmouthboyo]

They are NOT positives, they are lives. Only DC has positives.

Thanks for that, so used to DC 12v I mix up the terminology.

 

[333rocky333]

Any indication of how expensive to add the RCD to my existing 60Amp Shower MCB?

Thanks

It looked like 40 amp to me

The main thing, before you poke about, is do not ASSUME all your sockets in your bungalow are on that 1 Rcbo labelled sockets, sods law says the one socket you open could well be fed from the Rcbo labelled GARAGE sockets.

Safest and only way is always safe isolation, but a rough quide is to try a table lamp in each socket if only to verify the Rcbo

 

[Taylortwocities]

Op says he has a multimeter, now is the time to use it!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

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[chivers67]

It looked like 40 amp to me

Me too wasn't aware you could get a 60A Mem MCB thought it would be 50 then 63?

 

[SimonH2]

Ignoring the electrical issues which I think have been done to death, I would not recommend putting electronic equipment in the attic if you can avoid it. A network switch and TV distribution amplifier are both cheap and elecronically simple - so they are more likely to survive the high temperatures in summer and are cheap and easy to replace if they do fail.
Your router is a different matter - these "small computers" are usually designed down to a price (the ISP is going to "give away" lots of them so they will want to shave every penny they can), and are far more likely to give up when the attic gets hot in summer. For a while, due to cabling and space constraints, I had to have a server in my attic - it shut down several times in summer, and needed a new PSU which was probably (at least in part) a result of running at high temperatures.

 

[echoes]

SimonH2 raises a valid point about overheating.
I have a BT modem (notorious overheaters) and a router in my loft and I share those concerns. However they've been working there 6 years without issue.
You might be lucky, or you might not.