"mitchd" wrote in message
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John wrote:
My original plan was to have 2 ring mains in the kitchen - one NOT
protected by the RCD which would carry just 4 things - the CH boiler, the
fridge, the freezer and the oven (which needs a 13A supply). The other
ring would carry everything else - kettle, washing machine, toaster,
telly, etc., etc.

The guy has dropped a b*****k and made the NON-protected circuit a
radial, feeding just the boiler, the fridge and the freezer. He's used
2.5mm cable and I know that as long as the MCB is 20A rated, that, in
itself, is OK. The oven is now on the protected circuit and I know that
that circuit - even given the extra loading of the oven - is, in itself,
OK.

But it's not what I planned and it's not what I asked for.

To put it right would mean that he would need to use 4 junction boxes,
which would be under the floorboards in the bathroom - the same
floorboards that are going to be sheeted over with hardboard or thin ply
before having vinyl cushionfloor lain on top - in other words, not easy
to get to them if needed later on. OR, the other way to put it right
would mean hacking chases in 3 of the kitchen walls - 2 of which have
been newly plastered, the other newly tiled (

So, should the oven be RCD-protected (leave things as they are) or not
(get him to put things right)??

TIA
John.
just wondered why you planed the job and don't trust the electrician you
employed to do the work?


Because he's not actually an electrician. He's a builder who's doing lots of
other stuff for us and who also does wiring as well - building control have
been informed Part P, of course.

John.