On 03/10/2019 14:00, John Rumm wrote:
On 02/10/2019 22:42, Robin wrote:
On 02/10/2019 18:47, ARW wrote:
On 02/10/2019 11:00, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Â*Â*Â* ARW wrote:
You've 5 radials for the kitchen?!?


TMH's daughter got three.

Oven, hob and fridge freezer.

Do you need separate radials for oven and hob, rather than one suitably
rated for both?


ISTR that the oven specified a 16A or 20A MCB.

TBH in the grand scale of a rewire an extra 12m of 2.5 T&E, a 20A DP
switch and a RCBO is not a lot of money or extra work.

With all these separate circuits do you find the sheer size of the new
CU becomes an issue with some rewires?Â* (The CU here is under the
stairs which ought to make it easy but the location of the incomer,
meter board and CH pipes means I'm leaning towards stacking 2 CUs to
be sure of enough ways next time.)

I quite often go for multiple CUs - not only for adequate numbers of
ways, but it can also make sense to have them "purposed" - say like here
house circuits on one, and outside / outbuilding circuits on another.


Thanks for that.

JOOI, where do you stand on 2 CUs with separate "master switches"[1]? I
admit one of the attractions for me would be the ability to plod
ever-so-slowly at changes on one's circuits while power is provided by
t'other for essential devices (modem, router, PCs, kettle, boiler etc) -
with injudicial use of extension leads where necessary.

[1] I already have an isolator after the meter that I'd label as the
real Master Switch
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