electrical socket from old emmersion heater

[NEILCMUSIC]

my kitchen is desperately in need of some further plug sockets , both my kitchen and bathroom are downstairs (void roof space) , about ten years ago I had a combi boiler fitted and the copper tank taken out , the wire to the heater was fed back into the low level roof space , can I feed that wire back down into the kitchen and put a plug socket on it ,

second question (related) the other end of the wire before going on its travels
meets a fused box next to a timer which still has power to it that used to go around (and still does) and with the use of little pegs turn the emmersion on and off , can I remove this and just put a junction it to just connect the two wires.


I have fitted plugs before but this is slightly different , any advice would be greatly appreciated , Thanks in advance

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• NEILCMUSIC
• 6 Nov 2014
• 1

 

[EFLImpudence]

Yes, as long as all is done to the regulations - especially, the sockets must be protected by an RCD.

 

[NEILCMUSIC]

Thanks for the reply ,looking at the image I have uploaded , can I remove the lower fuse box or should I just connect the wires in the top box and put a cover plate over it ? Do I need that fuse box for a single socket?

 

[kai]

It is perfectly safe to leave the fused spur in place, simply replace the output timer with a 13amp unswitched socket, use the FCU switch to turn the socket on and off.

 

[rjm2k]

Thanks for the reply ,looking at the image I have uploaded , can I remove the lower fuse box or should I just connect the wires in the top box and put a cover plate over it ? Do I need that fuse box for a single socket?

what rating is the fuse or mcb protecting that cable at the consumer unit?

 

[NEILCMUSIC]

believe it or not ive opened the door on the fuse connector and there isnt even a fuse in the plastic cradle , what could this mean?

 

[EFLImpudence]

It's not being used.

 

[JohnW2]

Do I need that fuse box for a single socket?

what rating is the fuse or mcb protecting that cable at the consumer unit?

There surely is no point in feeding a single socket via an FCU, regardless of what MCB or fuse is protecting the circuit? The OP could simply change the existing FCU ('fuse box') into a single socket.

Kind Regards, John

 

[rjm2k]

Do I need that fuse box for a single socket?

what rating is the fuse or mcb protecting that cable at the consumer unit?

There surely is no point in feeding a single socket via an FCU, regardless of what MCB or fuse is protecting the circuit? The OP could simply change the existing FCU ('fuse box') into a single socket.

Kind Regards, John

If the consumer unit has a higher rated MCB than it should then surelyva 13amp fcu is a pretty good weak point for a circuit even with just a single 20ish amp socket on? We don't know anything about the consumer unit so surely best to check before removing that weak link?