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Ring joined up to a Radial

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Hi all, first post here so please be nice :-)


I am having my house rewired and have taken it all back to brick with the exception of the kitchen which I can not afford to renovate yet but will be in the next couple of years.  The kitchen is on ring circuit in 2.5mm.  I have asked for the whole house to be rewired in radials, with each room on its own circuit, however do not want to mess with the kitchen until I am ready to renovate it in a few years but would like the kitchen to be on a radial.  My electrician has advised that he run a 4mm cable to the kitchen through the ceilings etc and join it to the 2.5mm ring already in place and put it on a 32amp breaker.  This doesn't sound conventional and frankly i am not sure if what he is doing is right.  Any advice please before I raise my concerns with him.  In the future I can then join onto the 4mm cable and turn the kitchen into a radial on a 32amp breaker wired in 4mm cable.


If there is nothing wrong with what he is doing, then for my own peace of mind how should the 4mm cable be connected to the 2.5mm ring.  Can a direct connection be made in a junction box or does it need to be connected via a fused connection unit.


I know he is an electrician but he is young and I assume new to it and therefore I just need to be sure for my own sanity that what he is doing is right.
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  • wallywombat:
    Sparkingchip:

    It needs the big red Wago connectors not the lever connectors, if you are using Wago.


    ? Wago do 6mm2 221 lever connectors rated at 41A. Also the standard 4mm2 221 lever connectors are rated to 32A unless they're derated for e.g. a MF setting.






    Oh! The joys of working with Wago connectors.


    I stood on the Wago Box stand at the Coventry Elex show discussing Wago connectors and maintenance free connections, the ratings you see on the connectors, the cardboard boxes the connectors are delivered in and specification sheets vary.

    91e181d641153e397dd5b8159969f94f-original-5571cd78-1f2e-4bda-874c-397972fcd827.jpg


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  • wallywombat:
    Sparkingchip:

    It needs the big red Wago connectors not the lever connectors, if you are using Wago.


    ? Wago do 6mm2 221 lever connectors rated at 41A. Also the standard 4mm2 221 lever connectors are rated to 32A unless they're derated for e.g. a MF setting.






    Oh! The joys of working with Wago connectors.


    I stood on the Wago Box stand at the Coventry Elex show discussing Wago connectors and maintenance free connections, the ratings you see on the connectors, the cardboard boxes the connectors are delivered in and specification sheets vary.

    91e181d641153e397dd5b8159969f94f-original-5571cd78-1f2e-4bda-874c-397972fcd827.jpg


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