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morgaf02

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Running 2 x 3 gang sockets off a consumer unit
Mar 4^th, 2013, 9:27pm

Im normally pretty good with electrics, but need a bit of advice.

Im having some bespoke entertainment furniture installed soon and i need to rearrange the plug sockets. I was looking at running a spur off of an existing 2 gang socket but am unable to do so as the existing one is already a spur.

As the consumer unit is near (under stairs cupboard) to where i want the sockets can i run 2x 3 gang sockets straight off of the consumer unit? There are spare rcd's on the unit.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

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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: Running 2 x 3 gang sockets off a consumer unit Reply #1 - Mar 5^th, 2013, 6:48pm Yes, 2.5mm² from a B20 MCB or 4mm² on a B32 MCB. These MCB's should have RCD protection. Can you take a photo of the Consumer Unit as it is?
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morgaf02 GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 109 For This Post: 0	Re: Running 2 x 3 gang sockets off a consumer unit Reply #2 - Mar 6^th, 2013, 9:43am Thanks for getting back to me. Here are a couple of pics.
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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: Running 2 x 3 gang sockets off a consumer unit Reply #3 - Mar 6^th, 2013, 5:00pm You would need to get a wylex B20 or B32 MCB and fit it to the RCD side of that board (the very far left empty way). You cannot use the B6 MCB which is empty - it is too small, and on the wrong side of the RCD.
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morgaf02 GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 109 For This Post: 0	Re: Running 2 x 3 gang sockets off a consumer unit Reply #4 - Mar 6^th, 2013, 8:01pm Thank you for the help. Much appreciated.
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