Troublesome Spur!

[ian413]

I would like to add a double socket in my new conservatory.I was going to spur off a socket under my worktop in my kitchen,which I have now found to be a spur already as it has one cable supplying it.
I have already added a spur off a socket in the adjoining garage so is there something I can adapt from there???

 

[Albert]

I would like to add a double socket in my new conservatory.I was going to spur off a socket under my worktop in my kitchen,which I have now found to be a spur already as it has one cable supplying it.
I have already added a spur off a socket in the adjoining garage so is there something I can adapt from there???

The rules are that you can add only one spur to each socket in the ring. (theoretically you can double the number of sockets in a ring).
If you use a 13A fused connection unit (from the ring, not from a spur), you can create a radial circuit that will be protected by the 13A fuse and there is no limit to the number of sockets you can add.

 

[fattony]

In kitchens there is generally a 13amp fused spur on the ring which controls the socket at low level, so you may be ok.

 

[ian413]

I have looked at the dishwasher socket aswell, this has only one cable running to it too. Shall i add a 30amp junction bow onto the original socket i found, even though it only has one cable running to it??

 

[RF Lighting]

Could you not replace the original with an FCU and then connect the new sockets to the 'load' side of the FCU? (This is presuming the original socket is not a spur off a spur)

 

[ian413]

If i replace the under worktop socket with a fcu, i still need it to be connected to my fridge , and then my new doublr socket. Is this still possible? Put the fridge on the load side aswell as the new double socket??