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Remedy for daisy chained sockets off ring finals and comments on report.

hertzal123

On doing a condition report,have found the tennant has looped several sockets off the kitchen

and 1st floor ring finals.Since the house is fully decorated and has laminate floors,Ive changed 

the 2 x32A mcbs for 20A.As well as a comment on the report should this attract  a C3 as it is not an ideal situation.

                             Regards,

                                           Hz

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    Down-rating to a B20 for each affected circuit is fine. I can't see any justification for any code. After all, it could just be a radial which had inadvertently been cross connected into a ring! Ideally, a FCU could do the job, but how many customers will pay for the extra time taken in determining which socket is the 1st off the ring? Especially if the connection is under a floorboard somewhere. 20 A is a significant amount of current in a domestic environment so the loss of 12A capacity isn't really a dealbreaker to me.

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    Down-rating to a B20 for each affected circuit is fine. I can't see any justification for any code. After all, it could just be a radial which had inadvertently been cross connected into a ring! Ideally, a FCU could do the job, but how many customers will pay for the extra time taken in determining which socket is the 1st off the ring? Especially if the connection is under a floorboard somewhere. 20 A is a significant amount of current in a domestic environment so the loss of 12A capacity isn't really a dealbreaker to me.

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