loft sockets

i have just had some electricians install some sockets in the loft and the mcb they told me to buy is only a 16A instead of a 32A like downstairs sockets ETC. there are 4 doubles on the loft ring so to speak but these i done my self all they done was install the cable up there and install the mcb

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16A will be fine, but 20A would be more normal. You don't have to run the sockets in a ring. You can branch off to your heart's content. Don't worry about not having 32A available, I don't think you need the ability to run 7kW of appliances up there!

Christian.

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Christian McArdle

right .loft is going to be a computer room and studio for myself it has 4 double sockets cable goeas into first then daisy chains to the last is this also the correct way or not

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I would not see a problem using a 16amp MCB on such a load, but 20A is usually used. What sort of electricians "told you to buy" such parts as MCBs? Supplying these should be part of their service. You would not take a car in for repair and be told which parts to bring.

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ARWadsworth

Unless the guy wanted to keep his turnover down? But I would have though that 1 MCB would not have made a lot of difference.

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Ed Sirett

You can wire it in any configuration that pleases you. You can daisy chain each in turn, run as a ring, or branch off in a tree.

Unless you are planning to have a 3kW fan heater up there, I wouldn't bother changing to a 20A MCB. You'd probably actually get the 3kW fan heater and computer simultaneous on 16A, anyway.

Christian.

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Christian McArdle

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