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<blockquote data-quote="tomsw18" data-source="post: 503350" data-attributes="member: 33218"><p>You need to consider the maximum current carrying capacity of the cable so assuming it is a 2 core x 1.5mm cable clipped direct, this is 27A, so your protection device in the Consumer Unit would need to be below this to protect the cable hence why [USER=1408]@Evans Electric[/USER] said to use a 16A MCB or RCBO. If you wanted more, you could look at a 20A device or replace the cable to 2.5mm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tomsw18, post: 503350, member: 33218"] You need to consider the maximum current carrying capacity of the cable so assuming it is a 2 core x 1.5mm cable clipped direct, this is 27A, so your protection device in the Consumer Unit would need to be below this to protect the cable hence why [USER=1408]@Evans Electric[/USER] said to use a 16A MCB or RCBO. If you wanted more, you could look at a 20A device or replace the cable to 2.5mm. [/QUOTE]
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