I've been googling and googling how to wire in an FCU for washing machine but I specifically want to see the actual physical wiring. This is the best video i have seen on this that both explains the theory/logic and shows a practical wired example. Very good!
His calculation has slight problems on the elctronic side. He did basic calculation but that is not how it works in the real world. In the heater there will be some form of small electronic board which convert the voltage to a very high voltage and will only need may be one or two amps [some time only milli amps], thus one has to be very carful what you put in the FCU because it can damage either the heater or other equipment connected to it. Ideally it should not be more than 3 amps but if one put 13 amps and there was a fault inside the electronic board the heater is good by....
I’m currently studying being an electrician. My training says to switch 13A fuse for a 3A fuse in the FCU, and also new practice is now to use 1.5mm cable
An electrician quoted me £200 to fix a FCU and single plug socket for my projector. ....Just went to B&Q and bought the bits and will follow this. Thanks mate.
Thanks. Helped me with telling my kitchen fitters that one 13amp FCU isn't the correct connection for washing machine, dishwasher and tumble dryer and telling me to only have one on at once isn't very professional or acceptable. Apart from it being dangerous as the fuse melted into the fuse holder when too much power was asked for.
Thank you so much. You helped me out big time. Now I know where to add a fused spur. I love the way you draw it all out and explain everything so patiently. Thank you once again. 🙏
Very clearly explained, made it easy to understand. I have fault on my Under Floor heating and I think it is blown due to builders using 45A DP switch.
Hi, that's exactly what I needed. But some said you can have the FCU from the ring, not from socket. which is correct? here is what I found: " Can I run a fused spur off a spur? So basically a spur of a spur is never permitted, even if its fused. I'll have to just stick in a juntion box in the ring cables under floorboard and get a fused spur off that. Put a 13amp unswitched spur adjacent to the socket, then you can run whatever you like within reason from the outgoing or load side of that."
I was thinking of doing exactly as illustrated for a range hood, was unsure to meet BS regs. Your video has given me that surety. Thank you very much. I have subscribed to your channel. Cheers.
I'm currently dealing with a fault on a spur line and this is an excellent explanation! You have enabled me to isolate the fault to the switched live out! Good work! ****
Good video and I agree that there can only be one unfused spur per socket on the ring. Having said that, surely, though maybe not the best idea, two 2.5kw heaters plugged into a double socket should be fine. (2 x 2500watts) / 240volts = 20.83amps, with both sockets rated 13amps and the wire is rated 26amps. If any of those went on fire then surely they weren't up to standard. The rating should be the safe limit with a safety margin calculated in.
Great presentation.answered a question that's been nagging me about a little job I have to do. However... yoirvideo f***ed with my head ,I thought I was having a migraine as there is a yellow bar running vertical across the screen, thought I was seeing things. Anyway,great video.
Question. I'm adding a dishwasher to my kitchen. I was just going to add a socket under the counter. Is it an absolute requirement that I install an FCU above the counter as well, or just a nice-to-have?
I assume this would also work with a single breaker box right? So If I wanted to bring power to the shed I would wire the connection from a socket inside and move it to the shed and connect it with a breaker box and then connect the sockets, lights etc from the breaker box?
Very informative videos. Thanks for making them. I have a question. I live in an old house, there's sockets only on one wall. There's 2 outlets 2 light switches and an fcu that is connected to the water heater for the bathroom. I want to have a socket on the opposite wall. The closets connection is the fcu. Is there a way to run a cable or buy a different fcu so I can add an outlet from there without having to switch it on, as that will switch on the water heater.
i have taken a double spur from ring circuit and fixed a 13amp geyzer switch to it and used it to add 6 extra double spurs for my items of aquarium tank including heaters filters etc..and wired them with 2.5 wires..i did ok or not??
Can i wire. 4 block extension directly to a fused spur? Inhaveva fused spur that used to supply a fire. Fire removed and media wall going in. To avoid channeling and mounting sockets and have location flexibility wondered if that was an option?
Hi, great info, Just wanted to know, can you spur 2 times off the fcu, Eg Ring socket >fcu+spur in one room, then from the fcu to another room adding 2 more sockets So the fcu will have the 2 2.5 coming in then 2 2.5 coming out, 1 to the socket in room 1 then 1 going to the other room adding a 3rd socket, Any help much appreciated
In the kitchen, I have a standard double gang socket for kettle and toaster. The airing cupboard in the hallway on the other side of the kitchen wall, I have a washing machine. I would like to take power from the socket in kitchen, drill hole through wall into airing cupboard and wire a spur socket from the one in kitchen for the washing machine in airing cupboard. So basically, 1 washing machine on a single gang spur, kettle and toaster in kitchen from socket that is feeding the spur. Would this be ok please?? Thanks
Hello, What are the regulations/correct way of wiring a Beko built in oven rated at 2.3 KW and the cooker hood? Can I used 2 FUSED spurs each wired back separately 2 a dual 13 amp socket? Can I feed them both directly from the back of the 13 amp socket? Will there be enough room in the socket to terminate the hood and the oven? Do I have to wire them both separately?
@@Naughty_Squad Not having mixer taps in a bathroom basin makes sense. It means that you generally put the water you want in the basin with the plug in rather than running the water down the plug hole.
@@Naughty_Squad Clearly you don't understand! Try and do the tap shuffle to get the correct temperature to wash you hands with separate taps and without putting the plug in. Then put the plug in and use the amount of water you need whilst not wasting water straight down the plug hole.
Hi, quick question. If I wanted to run two double sockets and a light off a FCU how would I go about that. Would it be 15a fused spur off the ring main socket. Then double socket 1 spur off FCA, then double socket 2 spur off double socket 1, the 3-5amp fused spur off double socket 2, then light switch off 5amp FCA, then light off light switch?
Hi, great video, just had a question would appreciate answer, What tests would you run before installing any additional sockets/spur onto an existing ring? What tests would you run if there isn't RCD protection at the fuse box and had the old style rewirable fuses? Many thanks
Can I use one of these to isolate a 2 gang socket and 2 ceiling rose lightbulbs in the outside Toilet (connected to the house) from the kitchen socket?
What electrically is the difference between the unfused spur in the beginning and a radial? If you can use 2.5mm to do a radial with basically unlimited sockets why can't we use just 3 sockets here?
Hi, i have a question! Probably silly but what if i dont want to take the cable out from the socket but instead want to use a 3 pin plug, can i still follow the same example for fcu? Im trying to add a cooker hood and washing machine but the plug is far! I dont want to take it of a socket so instead i wanted to create a extended socket with a 3 pin plug but add a fcu in between. Is that ok to do?
Hi sir, in ring circuit , cable is run from a mcb of consumer unit to the first socket and then the second socket receives supply from a cable connected between it and the first socket. My doubt is that wether last socket is connected to the consumer unit mcb which is connected to the first socket. So far , what I think is that phase outgoing terminal has wires ,negative terminal two wires and Earth terminal two wires... I guess correctly?
Hi, thanks for your really helpful videos. I wonder if you can help me. I am replacing a spurred socket with 2 FCU's. One FCU to connect to 3 new double sockets, and the second FCU to connect to a new LED batten and one-way switch. When I remove the original socket, there's just the one 2.5mm Twin & Earth cable. How can I connect that to 2 FCU's which will be situated next to each other? Do I need to go back further down the original spurred socket cable to the socket on the ring, and feed two 2.5mm Twin & Earth cables to the 2 FCU's?
I have a question may sound stupid , if I have a single socket I don't need can I convert that into my iso switch and then run the cable into another two double socket?. So then that becomes my isolation point cause I for say don't want that socket anymore..
I want to add about 5 unswitched socket (in a ring final circuit) behind my entertainment unit this is because once everything is put in place I would not have access to the socket to switch individual items on and off a bit like when you install a washing machine or a dishwasher. I would like to add 5 switches to these unswitched socket so I can individually switch them on and off, seen a lot of videos but none showed the above example would be grateful if you could do a video on it, many Thanks
Hi, thank you for the video! Again another great explaination for us DIY'ers! Just want to clarify, have you used a 2 pole FCU? If so, is it safer to go for a 2 pole as it cuts off the Live as well the Neutral.
Absolutely brilliant. Clearly explained and great that you made a full mock-up making it very easy to understand. Thank you.
I've been googling and googling how to wire in an FCU for washing machine but I specifically want to see the actual physical wiring. This is the best video i have seen on this that both explains the theory/logic and shows a practical wired example. Very good!
Concise, informative and bullshit free. The way all instruction videos should be. Excellent work.
His calculation has slight problems on the elctronic side. He did basic calculation but that is not how it works in the real world. In the heater there will be some form of small electronic board which convert the voltage to a very high voltage and will only need may be one or two amps [some time only milli amps], thus one has to be very carful what you put in the FCU because it can damage either the heater or other equipment connected to it. Ideally it should not be more than 3 amps but if one put 13 amps and there was a fault inside the electronic board the heater is good by....
I’m currently studying being an electrician. My training says to switch 13A fuse for a 3A fuse in the FCU, and also new practice is now to use 1.5mm cable
An electrician quoted me £200 to fix a FCU and single plug socket for my projector. ....Just went to B&Q and bought the bits and will follow this. Thanks mate.
Thanks. Helped me with telling my kitchen fitters that one 13amp FCU isn't the correct connection for washing machine, dishwasher and tumble dryer and telling me to only have one on at once isn't very professional or acceptable. Apart from it being dangerous as the fuse melted into the fuse holder when too much power was asked for.
Thank you so much. You helped me out big time. Now I know where to add a fused spur. I love the way you draw it all out and explain everything so patiently. Thank you once again. 🙏
I didn't get it at first until you gave the practical example towards the end. Excellent video with many scenarios.
Very clearly explained, made it easy to understand. I have fault on my Under Floor heating and I think it is blown due to builders using 45A DP switch.
This guy is BY FAR. ....the best
Hi, that's exactly what I needed. But some said you can have the FCU from the ring, not from socket. which is correct? here is what I found: " Can I run a fused spur off a spur?
So basically a spur of a spur is never permitted, even if its fused. I'll have to just stick in a juntion box in the ring cables under floorboard and get a fused spur off that. Put a 13amp unswitched spur adjacent to the socket, then you can run whatever you like within reason from the outgoing or load side of that."
Really helpful. I can now add more sockets to the bedroom via a FCU for the home office.
This guy is absolutely brilliant. Thanks and great instruction. Ace
Very informative for a simpleton like me! Thanks!
thanks sir ,practically very good example sir, very easy to understand, god bless you sir,
I haven't got a clue what you're taking about but I suspect it's extremely helpful and you explained it clearly. Thanks.
Thanks for your help i wired up the fused unit wrong but at 9.18 i did what you showed me and it worked thanks a lot😊
I was thinking of doing exactly as illustrated for a range hood, was unsure to meet BS regs. Your video has given me that surety. Thank you very much. I have subscribed to your channel. Cheers.
I'm currently dealing with a fault on a spur line and this is an excellent explanation! You have enabled me to isolate the fault to the switched live out! Good work! ****
never heard the phrase of "spur line" ? i am an electrician in the US.
Spur line?
I now know how to connect two new double sockets to a kitchen dresser....spur off a socket and fit a fuse switch. Thanks!
Sir could not have explained it better many thanks bren
Very informative, just what I needed, you explained the procedure very well. Thank you.
explained very well and simply...thank you.....👍
Thanks for your very helpful explanation. This is just what I needed.
Learned a lot from you in short space of time. Thanks mate.
Absolutely excellent video! If you are not a professional teacher, then you should be! Subscribed.
Excellent description, aided by clear diagrams. Love the drawings, you are a teacher too! May thanks.
Very well explained & clear diagrams thank you
Very clearly explained nad very informative, thank you!
Nice and straight forward video! Just what I needed to know.
Excellent info, thanks for your time and effort.
Good video and I agree that there can only be one unfused spur per socket on the ring. Having said that, surely, though maybe not the best idea, two 2.5kw heaters plugged into a double socket should be fine. (2 x 2500watts) / 240volts = 20.83amps, with both sockets rated 13amps and the wire is rated 26amps. If any of those went on fire then surely they weren't up to standard. The rating should be the safe limit with a safety margin calculated in.
Simple, easy to follow. Many thanks.
This is the one I’ve been looking for. Top man.
Great video straight to the point and no bullshit
Very nicely explained as I was always confused between load & supply. Thank you very much Sir
your drawings are impecable!
Thanks. Very good explanation
Great presentation.answered a question that's been nagging me about a little job I have to do.
However... yoirvideo f***ed with my head ,I thought I was having a migraine as there is a yellow bar running vertical across the screen, thought I was seeing things.
Anyway,great video.
Absolutely legend! Thanks for explaining everything in so simple way :)
These boxes are current limiters, thats what the fuse in them is for. ive just installed one for my projector and fitted a 7amp fuse
Question. I'm adding a dishwasher to my kitchen. I was just going to add a socket under the counter. Is it an absolute requirement that I install an FCU above the counter as well, or just a nice-to-have?
I assume this would also work with a single breaker box right? So If I wanted to bring power to the shed I would wire the connection from a socket inside and move it to the shed and connect it with a breaker box and then connect the sockets, lights etc from the breaker box?
Very very good illustration- thank you
Thoughts on using an unfused 20a DP switched isolator rather than FCU for switching an appliance? The appliance has a 13a fuse in the plug.
Very informative videos. Thanks for making them.
I have a question.
I live in an old house, there's sockets only on one wall. There's 2 outlets 2 light switches and an fcu that is connected to the water heater for the bathroom.
I want to have a socket on the opposite wall. The closets connection is the fcu. Is there a way to run a cable or buy a different fcu so I can add an outlet from there without having to switch it on, as that will switch on the water heater.
Excellent, informative and very clear video. Thank you!
Very good video good explanation with demonstrated items 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
fantastic ell explained 5 star....
Very informative and well explained. Thank you.
i have taken a double spur from ring circuit and fixed a 13amp geyzer switch to it and used it to add 6 extra double spurs for my items of aquarium tank including heaters filters etc..and wired them with 2.5 wires..i did ok or not??
fab explanation for FCU's thank you
Great informative video
Very well explained with good visuals.
Perfect thankyou just what I was looking for great information and easy to follow 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Very good you explain very njcely
can you run another supply off the FCU? Basically a continuation to a fused spur that feeds more sockets?
Can i wire. 4 block extension directly to a fused spur? Inhaveva fused spur that used to supply a fire. Fire removed and media wall going in. To avoid channeling and mounting sockets and have location flexibility wondered if that was an option?
So clear and informative. Thank you 👍
Hi, great info,
Just wanted to know, can you spur 2 times off the fcu,
Eg
Ring socket >fcu+spur in one room, then from the fcu to another room adding 2 more sockets
So the fcu will have the 2 2.5 coming in then 2 2.5 coming out, 1 to the socket in room 1 then 1 going to the other room adding a 3rd socket,
Any help much appreciated
excellent instruction video, great work
In the kitchen, I have a standard double gang socket for kettle and toaster. The airing cupboard in the hallway on the other side of the kitchen wall, I have a washing machine. I would like to take power from the socket in kitchen, drill hole through wall into airing cupboard and wire a spur socket from the one in kitchen for the washing machine in airing cupboard. So basically, 1 washing machine on a single gang spur, kettle and toaster in kitchen from socket that is feeding the spur. Would this be ok please?? Thanks
Great explanation thank you!
Quick question I am powering a ceiling light would I use existing 13a fuse or put a 5a fuse in the FCU please?
Any diagram I've seen has the neutrals wired the other way around.
Hello, What are the regulations/correct way of wiring a Beko built in oven rated at 2.3 KW and the cooker hood? Can I used 2 FUSED spurs each wired back separately 2 a dual 13 amp socket? Can I feed them both directly from the back of the 13 amp socket? Will there be enough room in the socket to terminate the hood and the oven? Do I have to wire them both separately?
Excellent video
Brilliant ! Very well explained.
Many thanks.
Excellent job
Great job, and well explained thank you
in the US , we in install a seperate circuit for the laundry area. so to keep away from overloading a circuit.
@@Naughty_Squad Not having mixer taps in a bathroom basin makes sense. It means that you generally put the water you want in the basin with the plug in rather than running the water down the plug hole.
@@Naughty_Squad Clearly you don't understand! Try and do the tap shuffle to get the correct temperature to wash you hands with separate taps and without putting the plug in. Then put the plug in and use the amount of water you need whilst not wasting water straight down the plug hole.
Great explanation on all your videos 👍
If you install the FCU with fused spur, can you then add another socket to the fused spur within regs?
Good video thanks for the info
Hi, quick question. If I wanted to run two double sockets and a light off a FCU how would I go about that. Would it be 15a fused spur off the ring main socket. Then double socket 1 spur off FCA, then double socket 2 spur off double socket 1, the 3-5amp fused spur off double socket 2, then light switch off 5amp FCA, then light off light switch?
Goo way always through FCU. Nice video
Thank you very much.Well explained.
God bless you. Good explanation.
Hi, great video, just had a question would appreciate answer,
What tests would you run before installing any additional sockets/spur onto an existing ring?
What tests would you run if there isn't RCD protection at the fuse box and had the old style rewirable fuses?
Many thanks
Super explanation. Well done
Can you connect fcu to ring main and spur off fcu? Rather than fcu off the socket on ring main.
Can I use one of these to isolate a 2 gang socket and 2 ceiling rose lightbulbs in the outside Toilet (connected to the house) from the kitchen socket?
can the FCU be on the ring instead?
Hi thanks for the video what is the size of the cable after the FCU?
What electrically is the difference between the unfused spur in the beginning and a radial? If you can use 2.5mm to do a radial with basically unlimited sockets why can't we use just 3 sockets here?
Very informative but good luck trying to persuade a customer to have a lot of FCUs on display above the kitchen worktop.
Why wouldn't you want to control the power of your appliances without pulling them all out?
Hi, i have a question! Probably silly but what if i dont want to take the cable out from the socket but instead want to use a 3 pin plug, can i still follow the same example for fcu? Im trying to add a cooker hood and washing machine but the plug is far! I dont want to take it of a socket so instead i wanted to create a extended socket with a 3 pin plug but add a fcu in between. Is that ok to do?
So if I was to wire multiple sockets off the FCU, could I just spur off each socket?
Hi can I add fcu from fcu as the other spur socket is going out to the garden. Thanks
Bravo. I finished level 3 but I don’t have experience. Any advice? I can work for nothing just to make experience
Hi sir, in ring circuit , cable is run from a mcb of consumer unit to the first socket and then the second socket receives supply from a cable connected between it and the first socket. My doubt is that wether last socket is connected to the consumer unit mcb which is connected to the first socket. So far , what I think is that phase outgoing terminal has wires ,negative terminal two wires and Earth terminal two wires... I guess correctly?
Hi, thanks for your really helpful videos. I wonder if you can help me. I am replacing a spurred socket with 2 FCU's. One FCU to connect to 3 new double sockets, and the second FCU to connect to a new LED batten and one-way switch. When I remove the original socket, there's just the one 2.5mm Twin & Earth cable. How can I connect that to 2 FCU's which will be situated next to each other? Do I need to go back further down the original spurred socket cable to the socket on the ring, and feed two 2.5mm Twin & Earth cables to the 2 FCU's?
Great video and really well explained...thank you
I have a question may sound stupid , if I have a single socket I don't need can I convert that into my iso switch and then run the cable into another two double socket?. So then that becomes my isolation point cause I for say don't want that socket anymore..
my mcb is 16a currently supplying 2 sockets in my garage. is it safe to add a 13a spur for 4 additional sockets?
Thank you very much
I want to add about 5 unswitched socket (in a ring final circuit) behind my entertainment unit this is because once everything is put in place I would not have access to the socket to switch individual items on and off a bit like when you install a washing machine or a dishwasher. I would like to add 5 switches to these unswitched socket so I can individually switch them on and off, seen a lot of videos but none showed the above example would be grateful if you could do a video on it, many Thanks
hello can I connect the electric cooker and the hood in same fuse switch
Hi, thank you for the video! Again another great explaination for us DIY'ers! Just want to clarify, have you used a 2 pole FCU? If so, is it safer to go for a 2 pole as it cuts off the Live as well the Neutral.
How would you add the second socket onto the fused spur?
Thanks, very useful video, well done!