Ring main circit diagram

[cm304eex]

Hi all has anybody got a circit diagram for a ring main I could take a look at plz

 

[sparkytim]

Hi

Have you got access to BS 7671?

If so Page 362 APPENDIX 15

 

[ADS]

Hi mate,

If I remember right the 'circuit diagram' for a ring final is exactly the same as the circuit diagram for a socket radial.

Something like this:

 

[revjames]

Wrong, thats just 3 sockets in parallel

 

[ADS]

Well, if you have a ring final with three sockets on it, then that's what they are - three sockets in parallel

 

[revjames]

I can see your thinking ADS but look at the diagram, its not a schematic its an actual circuit diagram, for a start theres a +ve on the left and a -ve on the right.

 

[ADS]

He didn't ask for a schematic - he asked for a circuit diagram.

You're right about the +ve and -ve though, it should read 'L' and 'N' (Ive changed it now)

I remember having it drummed into us - What does a circuit diagram show?

A. How a circuit operates - that's it.

No wiring or how it's connected.

Like this one for two way lighting.

It's not how you'd wire it - it's how it works.

 

[ianmacd]

The OP may have asked for circuit diagrams but possibly meant to ask for wiring diagrams.

 

[ianmacd]

Other sites are probably ok just not other forums and thats a rule on most forums.

 

[a1]

One like this, is what I drew, and it was happily accepted by my Lecturer.

 

[sparkytim]

One like this, is what I drew, and it was happily accepted by my Lecturer.

No Main switch on your CU then?

 

[steve_uktv]

Lmao lol....i think that illustration is too complicated for someone who obviously is a beginner ... maybe a more simple one is better

btw ...that one is from wikpedia

http://www.diydata.com/planning/ring_main/ring_main.php#ringmain

 

[a1]

Nope, not from wikipedia.

From the net, but there are so many around.

I have checked that it is the public domain - and that it is not copyrighted.

I did some tweeks, and have claimed it.

I personally, would have done the CU better, although - it is easy to understand.

If you want to see an example of my CUs, have a look at my One, two and three (intermediate) way lighting circuit, circuit diagrams - in the Eduction Section of our Download Area.

 

[ADS]

All very well, but that's a wiring diagram, labelled as a circuit diagram.

If the OP needed to look at a 'circuit diagram', so that he could draw one for an exam, for instance, then he would get it wrong by drawing that

If he wanted to know how it was wired, then happy days.