"Owain" wrote in message
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Mike wrote:
The growth in number of sockets required is mostly consumer electronics,
which are low-current appliances. The ring was also never designed for
the large number of high-current kitchen appliances we see, but that is
being addressed by the provision of a separate circuit for the kitchen.
But really this should be many individual circuits as used in Germany.

But why install 8 20A circuits just so you can plug a microwave and a
toaster anywhere in a kitchen, when one 30A circuit does just as well.
If the circumstances are such that a ring circuit is inappropriate then
a ring circuit is inappropriate - that doesn't mean that radial circuits
are always appropriate.


Tell that to the Germans who still want radials all the way back to the
house's mains entry point. The use of radials to each room where another
small CU feed short radials was felt to be a good compromise by many and
matches commercial building installation practice in many EU countries.