Fitting an Electric Towel Heater

[afterglow]

Hello,
I'm planning on installing an electric towel radiator - 130W from screwfix.
I intend to run from a 5amp FCU.

Also, I was planning on wiring the FCU as a spur from an exisitng socket.

On opening the wall socket enclosure, I find that it already supplies another double socket 6 inches away on same wall, and this socket has a spur coming off that to supply an exgternal wall socket.
Can I assume that this is a RADIAL circuit? If so, am I allowed to run a FCU as a spur off of any of these sockets?

Previous owner of hosue seems to put spurs all over place and I guess that the socket I'm looking at could already be a spur and not the end of a radial circuit?? !

Cheers

 

[rjb]

If the first spur off the ring is protected by a CFU then you can run a radial off this up to just under 3000 watts of loading.

If the spur does not have a FCU and just run from the ring final circuit then you are only allowed just 1 double socket from the spur only.
From your description it sound like your spur is not via a FCU so you will not be able to do this.

Your best suggestion would be to look at the circuit and see if you can re-run the ring so the spur becomes part of the ring final circuit or alternatively find where the spur joins the ring final and put in a FCU there.

Do take into consideration your likely power usage and any future expansions though.