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Not enough circuit breakers in the CU box

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When embedding conduit (yellow PVC pipes) in the walls (now rendered and painted) I misjudged how many wires I'd be able to stuff in them. Just getting the 3rd wire in is a struggle. Consequently in most cases I cannot bring 3 wires back up the conduit to link to another socket elsewhere. Therefore I am creating more circuits with fewer sockets per circuit than I originally intended. This means I am going to use up all my circuit breakers. What to do? ...Is it possible to wire more than one circuit to the same breaker (but still limiting the number of sockets/outlets per breaker)? If I have to install another CU can I link the first one to the second one without messing with the 2 big wires coming in from outside and how would I link them? Can I avoid having to buy another main breaker that the big wires connect to? My CU is a Schneider Square D unit. I realise I could buy a bigger CU with more sockets for more breakers but this would mean messing with the 2 big wires which I would rather not do because I don't have a way to switch off the power coming in from outside.

Thanks.

JB.

Nothing to stop you running several outlet branches from one breaker, so long as the breaker is sized to the smallest wire used.

Also nothing to stop you spurring off the circuit somewhere to feed more outlets, it doesn't have to be from the back of a socket, best if you leave it accessible mind.

There is no limit to how many outlets you have on a breaker / circuit, the breaker protects the cable and 99% of modern loads are tiny compared with the circuit limit (except the kitchen of course).

"I don't want to know why you can't. I want to know how you can!"

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