Recent content by HenryGregory

Thanks, so what I am thinking is run both the outside and the inside from the loft circuit seeing as it is 16a, cable thickness is the same as the 32a circuits and it has minimal load on it currently and won't be having anything else in the future unless someone were to convert the loft.

At the time I moved in, yes but you would have to get a third party option and it wouldn't reduce the temp by that much. It seemed it would be more cost effective to put in a proper AC unit which can also heat.

I’d appreciate some advice on this. I’m looking to install a split-system air conditioner in my front bedroom. Accessing the power sockets in the bedroom would be difficult, so I was wondering whether the installer could instead use the loft circuit for power. The loft has a dedicated 16A MCB...

I would be really grateful of any suggestions on how best to add a heating element radiator to my bathroom. I have a standard towel rail radiator. It would be good to heat this all year round to dry the towels without having to put the heating on. Behind the towel rail wall is a bedroom, but...

If it's on a ring, it can only serve a single socket I think. Could I change this fused spur to a single socket so at least I can plug something in on the countertop where this fused spur is?

Thanks everyone for the posts. I took a look behind the switch and found there are two sets of wires coming off of it, so one for washing machine single plug and another set going not sure where. Not too sure where the other set go to as there are no other sockets under the countertop.

Thank you. Really helpful. I had some isopropyl alcohol which I used and that helped. But I do have white spirit somewhere, so will give it a try when I get a chance and then will have a look for some zinser and will get some primers etc. Will let you know how I get on.

Thanks, just good to know what is possible really. Would be really good to have a 3 pin socket above worktop where the FCU currently is as occasionally you might want to use a food mixer or similar and there are absoloutely no sockets in that area. I wonder if this was done as it is near the...

Could you not replace the FCU with a single 3 pin socket, then at the washing machine end here: Could you drill through and install an outdoor double but with a RCD? Like this. I guess the washing machine socket would no longer have a fuse as the FCU would be gone and replaced with a 3 pin plug.

Been meaning to take a photo. Will do when I am next there.

Thanks guys for clarifying for me. It is strange they didn’t include a single socket where the fused spur is as it means that entire side of the kitchen has no 3 pin sockets at all.

Thank you. The outside unit would power my doorbell (as sadly no wiring near the doorbell so easier to put a transformer outside and run low voltage cable up the door frame). And during the festive season, three sets of LED lights (100 leds, 100 leds and a small 60cm inflatable santa so nothing...

Strangely, there is no fused connection above the worktop just this fused spur, there are no other plug sockets in the area. I did take the fused spur cover off last year and it was stuffed with cable, was very hard to put back again. I had been thinking about swapping it for a single plug...

Thank you for the fast reply and clarification. Yes it does, image from when electrician was last working on it:

Looking for some advice please. I am looking to get an outside socket at the front of my house. The options are... 1. Run from washing machine single socket behind wall. 2. Run directly from electric meter box which is in the exact area I need the outside socket. Option 2 could be quite...