As part of my kitchen project I am going to move the washing machine and tumble dryer into the integrated garage on a new circuit from the CU. There will be one other spare (double) socket on the circuit as well. The appliances will both have their own single socket.
I guess it will need a 32A MCB but do I run a 2.5mmsq ring circuit or a
I just cannot decide!
Steve
In message , Steve Jones writes
Will it, off the top of my head I'd have thought 20A would be enough? In which case a radial in 2.5mm would be fine.
Whatever suits the situation best - probably a radial unless it is all spread around the garage. 4mm is enough for the radial I think, (without checking)
I have a ring main in the garage with just a few more sockets than you intend. [1]
The ring is also fed from it's own RCCB so that if there is a trip the whole house does not cut out.
[1] You can't have enough sockets in the garage.
I used a 6mm radial, as the heavy point loadings might not have suited a ring configuration. I dropped down to 2.5mm for the individual runs to each socket.
Christian.
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