Christian McArdle wrote:

Are two separate rings in the same room (same phase, obviously)
"allowed" and are there any labelling requirements (apart from in the
CU) to distinguish them?


No it's fine. However, I would recommend mainly extending the existing ring
and using the new ring only for heavy fixed appliances, unless the old ring
is already heavily loaded, or already covers a substantial floor area.
However, the final decision will come down to how the individual appliances
are expected to be used.

Christian.

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Thanks.
The main problem is that there is currently no separate ring for the
kitchen and at the moment, for various access reasons, it is impractical
to adapt the existing kitchen wiring into a separate ring. Hence the
normal ring is already quite heavily loaded.
Having an additional ring in the "utility" room, which I have easier
access to wire, and where the washing machine, tumble, freezer etc are
located anyway, will enable me to run these appliances separately and
alleviate the loading problem.

Putting these on switch controlled sockets or FCUs off a new ring or
radial sounds like a good compromise.

Lee
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