I recently fitted the existing amplifier supply in a customer's loft. I believe that the electrician took the socket off the lighting ring. Previously, the power supply had been plugged in to a socket on the first floor but that was the only room that the customer no longer wanted an aerial in. There was no space behind any of the 3 wall mount tv.s to plug the amplifier supply.
Aerial Power Supply from Lighting
- Thread starter jgs01
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It is very unlikely the lighting circuit is a ring - almost certainly a radial circuit.
Ring is not just another word for circuit.
Ring is not just another word for circuit.
Says the person who baulks at the (allowed by wiring regulations) practice of connecting a BS1363 socket to a lighting circuit.
Winston, you are going to have to stop your wife going up in the loft and plugging her MIG welder into the socket for the TV amplifier.
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Has it occurred to you the regs may be wrong? Just like they were with 1.0mm2 cable or the spacing of bathroom sockets which have now been corrected in the latest amendment.
You say they are off the power ring. So where do they get power from ?, Which circuit are they on ?
Magic.
The magic of wireless power ( as in power distribution without the need for cables )
which are a loose coupled magnetic transformer. primary winding in the charger base,. secondary winding in the tooth brush, Hardly wireless distribution
And it was all going so well. 
then Winston turned up..........And it was all going so well.
You have a power ring circuit? Surely that's a waste of Earths resources?
Why what are you running in your loft that makes it necessary to introduce more power circuits and use up valuable Earths resources?
Surely the 5.8A spare on the lighting circuit is adequate for pretty much anything that needs to be powered in there. Except of course your illicit wacky baccy plants.
All the sockets in my bungalow are fed from the loft. Having solid floors makes it the best way of doing it.
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