Two high-power appliances on a single 40A RCD

weirdbeard:

cfcman:

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?

hi cfcman out of interest, have you posted this query in any other forums or is this your first port of call? Any pictures you could provide might be really helpful in helping you with your query :)

 

Hi

This is my first (and only) port of call. Got a little more feedback than I was banking on ?

I'm not sure what sort of pictures you had in mind, but here's one of the switch for the shower circuit (the shower being in the adjoining room). The switch spends its days in the "off" position. None of the appliances in the picture live on the circuit controlled by this switch.

weirdbeard:

cfcman:

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?

hi cfcman out of interest, have you posted this query in any other forums or is this your first port of call? Any pictures you could provide might be really helpful in helping you with your query :)

 

Hi

This is my first (and only) port of call. Got a little more feedback than I was banking on ?

I'm not sure what sort of pictures you had in mind, but here's one of the switch for the shower circuit (the shower being in the adjoining room). The switch spends its days in the "off" position. None of the appliances in the picture live on the circuit controlled by this switch.