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Two high-power appliances on a single 40A RCD
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I have an electric shower installed on a 40A RCD, in a room adjacent to my kitchen. The shower is only used in an emergency - i.e. when our gas boiler is unable to provide hot water to our main bathroom. I would like to take a spur from this 40A connection to use for a new double oven, which is rated at 32A. Can anyone advise on a safe and legal way to do this, ensuring that only one of the two appliances can be connected at any one time?
So if the oven is connected to a 32-amp socket ring circuit every will be okay, so long as everyone knows they cannot was use any portable appliances supplied by sockets on the same circuit at the same time?
Are you actually saying it is okay to connect the oven to any circuit that has a circuit protective device rated at 32-amps or more?
I ask because I have seen some catastrophic failures of cables and equipment due to people having done things like that.
So if the oven is connected to a 32-amp socket ring circuit every will be okay, so long as everyone knows they cannot was use any portable appliances supplied by sockets on the same circuit at the same time?
Are you actually saying it is okay to connect the oven to any circuit that has a circuit protective device rated at 32-amps or more?
I ask because I have seen some catastrophic failures of cables and equipment due to people having done things like that.
