Ring circuits are so 1974. So, some numbnut cuts through a cable in the box room: the idea being that all the other sockets on the ring will continue to work
. I think the idea is perfect for the National Grid, but, frankly most English houses are so tiny - you could wire one up with a 100m of hard-wire and have 20 metres left for the next new-build.
I'm joking.
But most new techno light/socket systems are radial.
I would .......
a. introduce an appropriate breaker into the consumer unit (value as indicated by UPS). then with spec [1.5mm hard? forgotten the english word - its grey] cable, run from there to a fused connection unit (junction box) [read: immersion heater outlet] box. This supplies the UPS via flexi rope.
b. From the o/p of the UPS, run entirely new radial circuits (via another flexi-to-hard cable connection box) to each lamp rose and/or whatever socket outlet you consider should be un-interuptabubble; using the correct (or spray painted) red sockets/ceiling disks and that grey cable stuff (which I wish I could remember the name of).
UPS socket outlets are designated RED and light fixtures are accompanied by a red disk clearly visible nearby. Red, emergency, get it, LOL.
The interesting part is the socket/light mixture (for a house, that is). Certainly, the best and most reasonable thing to do is to designate one room in the house for a UPS socket (not necessarily for a PC- but a known max rated device) and then go about 'installing' everything from the cable from the UPS - up the walls, through the ceiling and back to a flush socket (red, naturally).
8. Here is what I would really do:-
z. Forget the PC, else plug the UPS (with flex) directly at the outlet where the PC is currently located - and run your PC 'un-interupted' - and;
f. Do as Polo said, have emergency lamps hooked up to the lighting circuit, but with LED lamps
I have four of these little buggers (22 leds in each unit) and when all four are ON they burn less than the smallest 'energy' lamp from IKEA - and they look cool;) 4x22000 lux aint too bad.
## Funny story, totally illegal. My director friend wanted a lamp on the landing. Fine. He wanted it to be switched from the bedroom, fine! He wanted the socket to be at spec-above-floor level - OK.
I did all the work, wanted to use a 3pin round (3amp) light socket (they are used here in Germany BTW
) - but my director friend didn't buy one.
Still moaning about his lamp I used one of my ordinary 13amp sockets.
Then he sold his house.
I wonder to this day whether someone has plugged the hoover into that socket
and ..............
.