its high inductance so also have to be careful with the old breaker to prevent false tripping

Come on, fess up, you're from Essex ain't ya.

When I was rewiring houses for the council, they would often put an electric shower back to back with the cooker point to save on cable. FACT.

 

Thinking being in a one bed granny flat she ain't exactly going to be doing both at once is she?

Edited August 25, 201411 yr by datadiffusion

When I was rewiring houses for the council, they would often put an electric shower back to back with the cooker point to save on cable. FACT.

They??

its about a 40A breaker for a cooker to if i remember correctly

Have I reopened up the can of worms !

Well me and the lads Cubit.

 

Anyway then I pointed out, what if she was baking a cake, especially fruit one like, and had a shower meanwhile?

 

Next thing I know I gets kicked off the job and thats how I started as an alarm monkey.

 

Funny old world. I think at least one of the old birds died in a fire you know?

ok then clever ******** just going to go a little diverse here whats the maximum n umber of socket outlets you could have on a ring main?

I am not aware of any numerical limit

datadiffusion about the granny story thats where diversity comes into the answer lol

ok then clever ******** just going to go a little diverse here whats the maximum n umber of socket outlets you could have on a ring main?

hundreds

 

In arfwits house.

 

for everyone else, it depends on expected load.

Edited August 25, 201411 yr by Cubit