Power for new burglar alram

[AlanPartridge]

Hi all,

In a couple of weeks i'll be installing a wired burglar alarm in my house, I don't think it matters but the model is a sterling 10 anyway.

In the instructions it says 'connect the unit to a single pole, unswitched, 3-Amp fused spur using 0.75mm2 cable'

The main unit is going to be in a small cupboard well out of the way upstairs in my house, and there is already a single socket inside the cupboard just below where i plan to mount the unit.

My question is: can i just put a 3-Amp plug on the 0.75mm2 cable and simply plug it into the socket or should i really run a fused spur from this nearby socket?

I know exactly how to run a spur but it would be so simple to use a plug and it's not like it can be turned off by accident or anything.

Thank you for any replies, they are much appreciated...

 

[Lectrician]

You should deffinantly use an unswitched Fused Spur.

Is it a single socket?? Would it be easier to simply change this to a spur?? Bear in mind that the spur should be as close as possible to the alarm panel itself, and ideally directly adjacent.

 

[AlanPartridge]

Thanks for the quick reply, yes it is a single socket and yes it's very close and directly adjacent.
I didn't think of replacing it with a spur. thanks again i guess that solves it then....

Just out of curiousity, why is it best to use a spur?

 

[breezer]

Just out of curiousity, why is it best to use a spur?

for one thing it means it complies with what was bs 4737
the other is to stop it from being unplugged

 

[JohnD]

Just out of curiousity, why is it best to use a spur?

the other is to stop it from being unplugged

You must have heard the story about the hospital cleaning lady who unplugged the life-support system to put her hoover in?