On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:47:40 +0100, Mary Fisher wrote:


"Ed Sirett" wrote in message
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A 15A radial socket circuit can have a double socket in fact if you wish
you can supply sockets serving a floor area of up to 20m^2 that has normal
expected loading (not obviously if the 20m^2 is the kitchen).

I don't understand that, Ed.

Are you saying that there's a limit on the number of sockets according to
the area of the room but that it doesn't apply in the case of the kitchen?

For instance, in our kitchen, 8 -10 square metres at a guess (there's not
much floor area), I have five double sockets plus the cooker one which
includes a single 15A socket. They're all dedicated to individual appliances
so that I'm not unplugging all the time and they're _never_ all being used
at one time. Mostly it's just the fridge, freezer and cooker which are used
partly-continuously.

But is it a hanging offence?


There are standard arrangement of circuits. They can all have unlimited
sockets but due regard must be made for the expected loading.
The place where the expected loading is likely to be outside these limits
is the kitchen.

The maximum floor area limits a
32A ring - 100m^2
32A radial - 75m^2
20A radial - 50m^2
15A radial - 20m^2

A kitchen is probably best served by it's own 32A ring due to the expected
maximum loading.


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