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Originally Posted by matthewhouse
That is one of the reasons we mostly fit consumer units with RCBOs now. Much better at reducing nuisance tripping and a fault can instantly be located to one circuit rather than having to narrow it down from several.
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I'm sort-of doing the same.. Then if something trips it only takes out itself.
And I'm seeking to do away with 'ring mains' too - each room's power will become its own radial with one or two 16A circuits feeding appropriate BS1363 13A outlets and maybe a classic BS546 15A socket or a 16A "Commando" blue outlet. That way if anything goes wrong in a particular room I can easily isolate it without disrupting power to other rooms/functions.
Personally, I consider 'ring mains' to be the spawn-of-Satan!!