spur

Hi, First of all, I consider myself a competent person, I do most of my own household electrics, I’m a qualified sound engineer and no stranger to a soldering iron. Is this a spur? …the photos show our conservatory so what you’re seeing used to be an external wall. The dining room behind it...

I’m wanting to put my tv on my chimney breast after some advice The fireplace has a log burner fitted and is used somewhat regularly And The chimney breast is dot and dab plaster board, is it safe to run my twin and earth (2.5mm) behind the dot and dab in some trunking to my socket spurring...

Hi all, My parents need an extra 13 amp socket in the kitchen and the nearest electrics is from a wire coming out of the ceiling (presumably from the upstairs ring), that goes into an FCU then the boiler. [existing diagram] From what I've read it's fine to add to the load side of a fused...

Hi all, My boiler is being replaced later this week. The old one was just plugged into a single switched socket which is obviously not ideal. I would like to create a usable plug, can I leave the switched socket and just create a fused spur off of that socket for the boiler? Do I need to use...

I have a garage with 1x twin socket and would like to add a fused spur with 1mm sq 3 core & earth https://www.screwfix.com/p/prysmian-6243yh-grey-1mm-3-core-earth-cable-25m-coil/33309#product_additional_details_container To control 2x LED lights which will come on at the same time from either...

Hi, My son wants to put up a wall mounted tv in his flat and I’m trying to think of neatest way to get power to it. The nearest existing power is a double socket above the skirting in the corner of the room. That already feeds a spur which goes in mini trunk to a fused switch which controls a...

Dear Professionals I am not an electrician, nor am I about to undertake a project myself. But have some knowledge and I am concerned about an installation that’s been completed for my elderly mother. This installation is in readiness for a stair lift. The closest power available to tap into is...

Hi, got this ugly thing on the wall needs to be moved. My Q, would anyone familiar with these know if there are 2 sets of wires to each switch inside. We would hope to have a cooker switch separate and underneath the worktop have a plug switch for washing machine. I could have new equivalent...

Hello, We live in a late-90s townhouse. One of the bedrooms on the top floor has 3 sockets. One of them has never worked. This never bothered us before because it was behind some immovable wardrobes but we’ve now got rid of them and I would like to put it into service. This socket is a spur...

Hello! I've tried searching for this but keep getting unhelpful answers. Is their a maximum number of spurs I can run off an actual ring main circuit cable, using a junction box? I know I can run one spur off each socket, but I'd like to run them direct from the ring main cable as its closer...

Currently, I have a socket for my gas cooker that has another socket spurred off it for my under counter fridge. A little like the attached image of mine, but without the dual outlet plate and just spurring straight off the back of the socket under the counter. I plan on putting some eBay LED...

Hi all. I have an area of the kitchen with no work surface and no electric supply. I want to make this area usable and move the coffee machine (1kw, assuming 4.5amps) and baby steriliser (600w assuming 3amps) to that area without making huge modifications to the electrics. The current kitchen...

Hi, I want to attach a heater on the external wall to provide some warmth when sat on a bench we have. We current have two outdoor lights that run off mains and turn on when motion is detected, about a meter from where i would like the heater to go. My question is, can i take a spur off the...

Hello Everyone, I simply want to add an extra twin socket in shed. The existing socket is I believe a fused spur, taken from kitchen. I have 2 simple questions: - Is the current set up (see pictures) ok? - can I extend directly from FCU or socket? thank you so much for your support and feedback.

Can I add another fused spur in a bathroom (for a washing machine) to the existing supply for the central heating boiler? Old colours cable - 51M DELTA ENFIELD BASEC. Thank you, Dain

Hello friends... The wiring in my house will need replacing in a few years. I wont be doing that!! I have a new consumer unit installed a few years ago and currently my electrics are sound. In my bedroom I have an old fashioned wall mounted socket. It's a right faff and I have a 4 way...

Hi, I was wanting to double check that it is safe for me to remove my old extractor hood from its fused spur and leave it switched off (and fuse removed) until my new extractor arrives? The hood is on the kitchen sockets circuit, so I want to switch the circuit breaker off for this circuit...

I want to create an outside socket for garden use but one of it's uses will be running a Lay-Z-Spa over the summer which run at just over 2000 watts when heating with possible short bursts of 2850W if it happens that the pump, air bubbles and heater are all on (minutes at a time). The Lay-Z-Spa...

Hi just a quick question about adding a spur. Do I need to wire the socket in or can I wire a plug with 2.5mm grey flat cable and plug the new one in that way? The one I want to add a spur to has 2 cables in it already. I have fixed the new socket to the wall ready to wire it into the kitchen...

Hi all, bit of an ‘is this ok’ question, or could you suggest a better way....!? Want to add a socket in a hallway, but the tidiest socket to spur from already has a fused spur from it, supplying an alarm. The alarm spur is fused at 3A so not suitable for a double socket, but I don’t want to...