I've been trying to sort out the electrics at a property my son bought about
18 months ago for some time. The lighting circuit was condemned when an inspection was carried out by an electrician because there was no cpc. I've rewired all of that, and now want to tackle the ring main. The ring wasn't criticised when it was inspected, but I think it's an absolute abortion.The cables are stretched tightly across the loft - which is not acceptable in itself because he is shortly going to install 200mm of insulation - where most of them feed round junction boxes with up to six cables coming out of them (how they manage to get so many conductors into the connectors I can't imagine!). The ring main itself supplies only about 6 sockets, the rest being supplied by a weird assortment of radials and spurs. I intend to rewire as much as I can in the time available - he can get his loft insulation done free under some scheme or other, but it has to be done before the end of May. I want to incorporate as many of the spurs into the ring main as I can, but there are some where the socket drops will be too arkward and disruptive to disturb. One in particular, in the kitchen, causes me some concern. It is the only socket on that particular spur, but it is the one he uses for his electric kettle. What are the rules on spurs - and would it be acceptable to leave this one as it is?
Any advice/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.