Shower Pump Spur from lighting circuit

padstar · 27 Feb 2020

My shower pump has packed up so i need to replace it. The current pump is connected to a fused spur taken from the lighting circuit.

Is it acceptable to change the switched spur to a single socket plate and just plug the pump in. Most are supplied with 3 pin plugs now days so just want to make it easier to swap over when the next one goes. The socket would never be used for anything else. Is there any issue with this?

crystal ball · 27 Feb 2020

No problem in the regulations with that but someone will be along soon to say otherwise

DetlefSchmitz · 27 Feb 2020

Agreed, though I would definitely label the socket with its purpose and limitations. Also it really needs to be on an RCD circuit.

padstar · 27 Feb 2020

Thanks chaps. It is on an RCD circuit i believe but will check prior to swapping over

winston1 · 27 Feb 2020

It should never had been on a fused spur as a lighting circuit is fused at 6 amps anyway. Putting a 13a socket on a lighting circuit is bad practice as someone could plug in a heavier load (after you have gone). Why don’t you just remove the plug and hard wire it in?

MOD: Tedious.

JohnD · 27 Feb 2020

will this proposed socket be in a bathroom?

bernardgreen · 27 Feb 2020

Mod said:
MOD: Tedious.

Thank you

padstar · 27 Feb 2020

JohnD said:
will this proposed socket be in a bathroom?

No tucked away in a confined loft space above so only really ever going to be for pump as it is not a useable loft.

padstar · 2 Mar 2020

All done. Thanks for the help. Changed to a socket in the end as the warranty on the pump would be void if i hard wired. I labeled the socket which is in the back of a loft so you wouldnt mistakenly plug anything else into it.

EFLImpudence · 2 Mar 2020

padstar said:
as the warranty on the pump would be void if i hard wired.

No, it wouldn't.

padstar · 2 Mar 2020

Ok, guess the manual that came with it was incorrect. My bad.

EFLImpudence · 2 Mar 2020

padstar said:
Ok, guess the manual that came with it was incorrect.

If it said that, yes, it was.

padstar · 2 Mar 2020

I was only trying to close out the thread by saying thanks to everyone who gave input. I wasn't looking for abuse. I believe i have followed the manufacturers literature correctly and am, as always, greatfull for others helping me to complete a task successfully in areas that are not my expertise.

SUNRAY · 2 Mar 2020

winston1 said:
It should never had been on a fused spur as a lighting circuit is fused at 6 amps anyway. Putting a 13a socket on a lighting circuit is bad practice as someone could plug in a heavier load (after you have gone). Why don’t you just remove the plug and hard wire it in?

MOD: Tedious.

Thank you Mod

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