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Number of appliances on one radial line

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Hello all,  I would really like some advice/reassurance.  We are having our kitchen done and the existing wiring is a radial line.  The builders are installing a 2.5mm TE line which services a double socket (coffee machine), dishwasher, boiling water tap and washer dryer.


My concern is that a single radial line is insufficient for the loading s involved.


I would really appreciate your thoughts.

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    A bit mean, I reused the original 4 mm’ish imperial cooker circuit at home with a B32 MCB to supply a TV, microwave, washing machine, dishwasher coffee machine, kettle and a couple of spare sockets with USB charging.


    Given that we have a 60 amp main fuse that circuit can take half the available capacity for the whole house, even if we had a 100 amp main fuse it would be a third of the available capacity for the whole house, so no need to get too carried away with it and have multiple circuits.


    I bought a datalogger and it only records current above 10 amps and it barely recorded usage above that in an entire week when I tried it out at home, the dishwasher and washing machine rarely go above 10 amps even when running at the same time.
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    A bit mean, I reused the original 4 mm’ish imperial cooker circuit at home with a B32 MCB to supply a TV, microwave, washing machine, dishwasher coffee machine, kettle and a couple of spare sockets with USB charging.


    Given that we have a 60 amp main fuse that circuit can take half the available capacity for the whole house, even if we had a 100 amp main fuse it would be a third of the available capacity for the whole house, so no need to get too carried away with it and have multiple circuits.


    I bought a datalogger and it only records current above 10 amps and it barely recorded usage above that in an entire week when I tried it out at home, the dishwasher and washing machine rarely go above 10 amps even when running at the same time.
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