Hi,
I've just moved into a newly built house. In the living room, I have a blanked plug socket. Three feet to the left of this on the same wall is a fused spur (13amp fuse). I have purchased a wall mounted electric fire, an am wondering if I can hide the power cord effectively and safely.
Would it be appropriate/legal to remove the plug from the fire, feed the wire through the conduit from the blanked socket to the spur, and connect up the wires to the appropriate 'load' terminals? I do realise that this would invalidate my warranty on the fire.
The alternative is to replace the blanked socket with a regular socket, but this looks quite unsightly and I'd like to avoid it if I could.
Any advice much appreciated.
I've just moved into a newly built house. In the living room, I have a blanked plug socket. Three feet to the left of this on the same wall is a fused spur (13amp fuse). I have purchased a wall mounted electric fire, an am wondering if I can hide the power cord effectively and safely.
Would it be appropriate/legal to remove the plug from the fire, feed the wire through the conduit from the blanked socket to the spur, and connect up the wires to the appropriate 'load' terminals? I do realise that this would invalidate my warranty on the fire.
The alternative is to replace the blanked socket with a regular socket, but this looks quite unsightly and I'd like to avoid it if I could.
Any advice much appreciated.
