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I am fitting out part of our old kitchen as a small workshop - somewhere put the tools, but also to sit down at a bench, have a small sink, and maybe a lathe or milling machine if I get lucky. Nothing so far which can't run on 13A sockets. I am sinking plenty of 13A sockets into the wall in preparation for the plasterers, and I'm happy with all that.
However there is a 32A cooker circuit available going right back to the CU, and as it seems a waste to rip it out, I have renewed the cable (6mm²) and want to have it available for any as yet unknown purpose, where the 13A sockets on a half of downstairs ring final might prove inadequate, for one reason or another. As I'm putting in wet underfloor heating it won't be so easy to access under the floor later.
So I want to chase the cable up the wall about 30cm, and then into a box, and then basically forget about until it is needed (if ever).
I have begun to realise that other than, say, a cooker control unit I can't picture how this circuit would get terminated. Looking at industrial sockets of 16A or more they seem not to be compatible with domestic back boxes.
So I'm looking for a constructive idea about how to terminate the cable, in such a way as to be useful in the future without hacking the walls again.
(I am of course aware that any equipment that may require this circuit may well need special permission, and any way I wouldn't want to put spikes or whatever onto our own supply as we have too much sensitive IT equipment around. I'm also aware of the notification requirements.)
However there is a 32A cooker circuit available going right back to the CU, and as it seems a waste to rip it out, I have renewed the cable (6mm²) and want to have it available for any as yet unknown purpose, where the 13A sockets on a half of downstairs ring final might prove inadequate, for one reason or another. As I'm putting in wet underfloor heating it won't be so easy to access under the floor later.
So I want to chase the cable up the wall about 30cm, and then into a box, and then basically forget about until it is needed (if ever).
I have begun to realise that other than, say, a cooker control unit I can't picture how this circuit would get terminated. Looking at industrial sockets of 16A or more they seem not to be compatible with domestic back boxes.
So I'm looking for a constructive idea about how to terminate the cable, in such a way as to be useful in the future without hacking the walls again.
(I am of course aware that any equipment that may require this circuit may well need special permission, and any way I wouldn't want to put spikes or whatever onto our own supply as we have too much sensitive IT equipment around. I'm also aware of the notification requirements.)
