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ColinB · 6th Sep 2020, 8:37 am

Interesting to note the discussion on the octopus system. When my house was rewired (2019/2020), the electrician used the octopus system for downstairs, and loop at the rose for upstairs.

I didn't prompt him to do this (I deliberately didn't make any 'suggestions' at all, wanting him to do the job his way without being bothered by an armchair expert). I was surprised to see that he has also used 4x 16A radial socket circuits rather than 2 (maybe 3?) 32A rings.

My role was limited to stripping out the old installation, which was actually quite interesting. At one point there were three cooker circuits between the meter area and the kitchen; the rubber insulated 1955 one (chopped off at both ends in the 1970's but left in the cavity and able to just be lifted out), the 1970-odd PVC replacement, and the 2020 replacement to that! I ended up pulling out the two old ones to reduce confusion when anyone works on the building in the future.

6th Sep 2020, 8:37 am	#135
ColinB Heptode Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Newton Abbot, Devon, UK. Posts: 761	Re: Bodges Interesting to note the discussion on the octopus system. When my house was rewired (2019/2020), the electrician used the octopus system for downstairs, and loop at the rose for upstairs. I didn't prompt him to do this (I deliberately didn't make any 'suggestions' at all, wanting him to do the job his way without being bothered by an armchair expert). I was surprised to see that he has also used 4x 16A radial socket circuits rather than 2 (maybe 3?) 32A rings. My role was limited to stripping out the old installation, which was actually quite interesting. At one point there were three cooker circuits between the meter area and the kitchen; the rubber insulated 1955 one (chopped off at both ends in the 1970's but left in the cavity and able to just be lifted out), the 1970-odd PVC replacement, and the 2020 replacement to that! I ended up pulling out the two old ones to reduce confusion when anyone works on the building in the future.