Ring Junction

[ColJack]

100m² floor area is not used anymore.. it was only ever a guideline anyway.

Well it's still in my copy of the 17th.

where exactly?
on the diagrams at the back?
they were changed in the corrigendum to say "historically" instead of "as a rule of thumb"..

 

[Goldberg]

Is this the same committee that decided you could have a 20A cable spurred off a 32A ring final which supplies a 13A double socket for two 13A appliances?

Why do think that decision has been taken by anyone, let alone a committee?

 

[NotHimAgain]

Is this the same committee that decided you could have a 20A cable spurred off a 32A ring final which supplies a 13A double socket for two 13A appliances?

What do you think the continuous rating of a two gang 13A socket outlet is then .

A quick check in BS 1363-2 1995 points to an answer - and its not 26A .

 

[Goldberg]

...a 13A double socket for two 13A appliances?

What do you think the continuous rating of a two gang 13A socket outlet is then

sparkyspike has already indicated that he thinks it's 13A.

 

[sparkyspike]

they were changed in the corrigendum to say "historically" instead of "as a rule of thumb"..

So what? If it were irrelevant, it would not be mentioned in Appendix 15, amended or otherwise.

 

[pff]

Will i just swap the socket for an FCU?
will this solve everyones problems about floor area?
Ill be a bit upset taking the plug off of my rack pdu but il live.

Any comments about this?
Thanks for all your help guys, i'm sure ill be back.

 

[ColJack]

ok, so at 106m for a type B breaker.. in a room 50m x 2m, that yould be 104m just for going round the room, not much left for drops and such..
100m² was only ever a guideline anyway, based on your average 2 bed house.. it's enough to do a ground floor normally..

 

[ban-all-sheds]

a room 50m x 2m

That's either a corridor, or a room in a house designed by Bergholt Stuttley Johnson.....