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Musing on ring final unfused spur - Regs compliance and more from the EICR slant (but not necessarily)

psychicwarrior

Good day to all

Probably not an original question, but still...

Is there a Reg. non-compliance (which one(s) ) for having  2 double skts fed* unfused from a socket on a ring final  (presuming the connection is 'good' so to speak) ?

* either with the two on one  short bit of 'spur' cable, or each on its own short bit of cable , from the double socket

If the sockets were used to supply low powered items (chargers, a LED tv, lamp) and perhaps occasional vac. cleaner, or fan heater, then there is no overload concern as such, so what's the issue... is it simply the potential available to overload and for an EICR,  what exactly is the risk to record ...   it seems hardly potentially dangerous   and if its not that, why improve it !  Is that why it's 'informative' and not regulatory .  Musing over .

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    The faulty connection was not the question in the OP Z. It upsets Lisa the moderator if you go off topic too much! Now that so few people use the forum we probably ought to go off topic a bit to keep her amused and employed.

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    The faulty connection was not the question in the OP Z. It upsets Lisa the moderator if you go off topic too much! Now that so few people use the forum we probably ought to go off topic a bit to keep her amused and employed.

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    But Lisa is not an electrically technical person David. She does not know if posts are relative or not. She can not see the connections. I have directly answered the OP problem several posts above. Now we have progressed onto other related matters. Freedom of speech is vital.

    Z.

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