Tell me if this is going to be an issue

[littlespark]

Don’t bite my head off, I’m not used to installing radial circuits. Just the odd spur, or an rfc if new circuit.
Between being Sunday, man flu and an early alarm... my brain has stalled.

A while ago I ran a spur from 32A rfc direct from the mcb to supply a new double socket in my hall. Only gets used by Henry... or the new guy: Dyson.

What I am wanting to do is make a utility room with washing machine and tumble dryer, and maybe another double socket. Easiest plan is to use that spur from earlier, put it on its own 16 or 20A mcb and make a radial with hall socket on the end.

Question is, are radial circuits ok for a couple of high power appliances and possibly dyson on all at the same time, or would I be better installing a 32A ring for just these 4 points?

 

[davesparks]

In the US the tumble dryer requires a 30 amp service at 240vac, washing machine requires a 20 amp 120vac isolated circuit. I don’t know how y’all do it or the current on the dryers and washing machine in the UK

I think your appliances are a bit bigger than ours, if I understand it correctly you normally have them somewhere other than a kitchen?

Our standard washing machines or dryers are often in the kitchen and designed to fit into a standardised kitchen unit size. Usually this is a 600mm(~2') wide space. Consequently they require less power to operate as they wash or dry smaller amounts of clothes each time.

 

[Megawatt]

I think your appliances are a bit bigger than ours, if I understand it correctly you normally have them somewhere other than a kitchen?

Our standard washing machines or dryers are often in the kitchen and designed to fit into a standardised kitchen unit size. Usually this is a 600mm(~2') wide space. Consequently they require less power to operate as they wash or dry smaller amounts of clothes each time.

Dave your right there so big we have a laundry room and that dryer eats up some power

 

[Midwest]

Just checked ours, @240v washing & heating 2.4kW, drying 1.9kW.

 

[davesparks]

Dave your right there so big we have a laundry room and that dryer eats up some power

Bigger houses or more modern ones will usually have a seperate room, usually referred to as a utility room, but for the 'average' house these appliances are in the kitchen.
We also have the washer/dryer which combines both functions in a single machine, which I doubt is so common for you?

 

[Megawatt]

Bigger houses or more modern ones will usually have a seperate room, usually referred to as a utility room, but for the 'average' house these appliances are in the kitchen.
We also have the washer/dryer which combines both functions in a single machine, which I doubt is so common for you?

Not really I didn’t know they made them to wash and dry in the same machine

 

[telectrix]

Our tumbler dryer has 5000 watts

5000watts? you could dry your underpants with that.

 

[Megawatt]

5000watts? you could dry your underpants with that.

I put my amp probe in it and it spiked to 30 amps and running amps at 21 amps that’s a lot of current

 

[Midwest]

I put my amp probe in it and it spiked to 30 amps and running amps at 21 amps that’s a lot of current

How many pairs of pants (underwear) are you drying!

 

[telectrix]

in america everything is mega big (including underpants).