Date   : Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:15:46 +0100
From   : philb@... (Phil Blundell)
Subject: Leccy @ Acorn World '09

On Mon, 2009-09-07 at 01:21 +0100, Jonathan Graham Harston wrote:
> > Message-ID: <1252264756.4490.194.camel@...>
>  
> Phil Blundell wrote:
> > > many outlets as you want, with a radial you may only have a maximum
> > > of three outlets.
> > 
> > Where do you get that from?  I don't think anything in the regulations
> > imposes such a limit (and indeed the example radial circuit shown in
>  
> Discussion on uk.d-i-y couple of days ago which agrees with my
> lecture notes, but I can't track it down in the regs at the moment.

I looked at my (16th edition) OSG and it turns out to be fairly clear on
the matter:

"A ring or radial circuit, with spurs if any, feeds ... an unlimited
number of socket-outlets".

(appendix 8, first paragraph under "General" subheading)

I'm also fairly certain that the regs themselves, both in the 16th and
17th editions, don't contain any specific restriction on number of
socket outlets.  314-01-03 would be the appropriate regulation, and as
you might expect it basically just says that you must have enough
circuits for them to support the expected load.

p.