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Sockets for Laundry Ring main/radial?
Nov 4^th, 2004, 4:49pm

I am relocating the Washing machine and tumble drier to my large downstairs toilet area. I will need to add power to this area. It looks impractical to cut into the existing ring main however it is close (2m) to the consumer unit.

I intend running the socket from a spare mcb on the board.

Should I install a ringmain for this one socket or just a radial, and what are the implications of it being in a downstairs toilet.

Thanks for the time you take to reply.

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Reply #1 - Nov 4^th, 2004, 4:54pm

having the washin machine and tumble drier sharing a double socket is very bad practice (double sockets are only supposed to take 13A total)

i would say use 2 seperate sockets and feed them in one of the following ways

1: a 2.5mm 32A ring going to both
2: a 4mm 32A radial going to both
3: two seperate 16A radials

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plugwash Administrator Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1383 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0 Trade: Not Specified	Re: Sockets for Laundry Ring main/radial? Reply #2 - Nov 4^th, 2004, 4:55pm btw a toilet is not a special location but you should apply similar procedures to a kitchen (that is keep normal fittings a reasonable distange away from water sources)
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garyclay Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 6 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: Sockets for Laundry Ring main/radial? Reply #3 - Nov 4^th, 2004, 5:19pm Would it be better to have 2 fused connectors rather than sockets?
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Lectrician Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Ask The Trades Posts: 8814 Total Thanks: 109 For This Post: 0 Braunton, North Devon United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: Sockets for Laundry Ring main/radial? Reply #4 - Nov 4^th, 2004, 6:38pm What area are you Gary?? Recognise your name, although I am sure there are loads of you around I would do a 4mm radial on a 32amp MCB to a couple double sockets. Or maybe to switch fuse spurs with these feeding two single sockets.
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garyclay Junior Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 6 Total Thanks: 0 For This Post: 0	Re: Sockets for Laundry Ring main/radial? Reply #5 - Nov 4^th, 2004, 7:15pm Sounds good to me, thanks for the advice , btw I'm in Yorkshire. There are loads of us up here!
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Lectrician Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Ask The Trades Posts: 8814 Total Thanks: 109 For This Post: 0 Braunton, North Devon United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: Sockets for Laundry Ring main/radial? Reply #6 - Nov 4^th, 2004, 7:25pm Not you then - I have a gary clay down the road from me
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LSpark Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 8069 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 London, UK United Kingdom Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: Sockets for Laundry Ring main/radial? Reply #7 - Nov 4^th, 2004, 10:34pm [quote author=Lectrician link=1099586964/0#4 date=1099593490]Recognise your name, although I am sure there are loads of you around � [/quote] Thats my game lol, only LS can gues randomly people like that � A 20A Radial would probably do, however 32A leaves more room for expansion.
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