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Am redecorating our conservatory. Sockets are on a 2.5mm ring. Have a light switch, FCU and double socket next to each other. It appears that the lighting circuit is not connected to FCU for when I remove fuse the lights remain on. I can sort this once I get around to removing some units...

Hi, I have just moved into a new property built 1993 with a wylex cartridge fuse cu and out of pure curiosity i have a number of queries? The main bathroom has a FCU (5A) outside it which controls the light in the bathroom and fan. All are on the upstairs lighting cicuit from the CU. The...

Greetings and apologies for my basic diagram, but hopefully it serves its explanatory purposes. Can I operate the shed lighting using a 3A switched FCU in this way? Also do the live and neutral of the load terminals simply connect to the two terminals of the light fitting, and can I use 1.5 sq...

I am running a new light from a ring main socket. I have run 2.5 to a FCU with a 5amp fuse then 1.5 to a switch and from the switch to the light. When I put the fuse in at the consumer unit the light comes on but as soon as I throw the light switch the fuse blows in the FCU. I have double...

Hi, a quick question, appreciate any answers. I am trying to put a light above my dartboard. I will be using 2.5mm cable coming from a plug socket into an unswitched FCU. 1.5mm from load side FCU down to a 1 gang switch. 1.5mm from switch to 38 watt angled light to be put on ceiling, to...

Quick question, can you run an outside wall light (not high load or flood etc) from lighting circuit to fcu to light. I know you can run from lighting to outside light (rcd protected) and from ring main to fcu to outside light. The reason I ask is I will be putting a 4g lightswitch in kitchen...

In my conservatory, I have a fan light connected to the mains with a fused connection unit, 5 amp. The FCU is high up, and unreachable without a ladder, on the wall and is the only way to switch the fan on and off. I was wondering if it is possible to connect a light switch to the FCU and...

I am siting a pir light outside and intend to power this from a plug socket in the adjacent bedroom via a fcu. The fcu has a 13amp fuse do I need to replace this for a lower one ?

Just a quick one. Is it considered acceptable to wire the flex from two or more under counter lights directly to a switched FCU? This would be by far the easiest way of me connecting my under counter lights which run off to different parts of the kitchen. Off course I could put a jb or choc...

Hi all. I'm fitting a shower lite extractor in mother I laws shower cubicle. Is it OK to take power from fcu in loft which I feeding 1 of those condensation extractor things. Meaning it'll be a spur from lighting to fcu then 3A fcu to showerlite

Hi guys, I would like to install a 42 watt security light, the closest cable is 16 amp radial circuit Which current feeds a 11w light via a switched fcu What I would like to do is connect another fcu to the existing fcu supply side to feed the new security light but reading the forum people...

2 questions for you very knowledgeable people... 1) Is it acceptable and safe to take a switched FCU from a double socket that is already a spur its self and connect a <5A outdoor light to it ? (Fuse in FCU will be 5A) 2) Again is it acceptable and safe to take a switched FCU from a...

The lights in my Utility room are GU10 halogens and the circuit is fed from a 5A FCU from the ring. This FCU also feeds the garage lighting circuit comprising a couple of tube flourescents. The problem is, whenever a GU10 lamp blows it usually blows the fuse with it, and this obviously also...

13a fcu / rcd feeding conservatry off ring feeds 2 x dbl sockets and two lighting points noticed there is no seperate fcu for lighting but fed off same 13arcd is there a requirement for seperate fcu or is this ok also on test results what is given for zs on the circuit is it 1667 because...

Is it ok to spur an FCU off the lighting circuit to supply a shaver point and under floor heating in en-suite? Thanks.

Hi, I've just had a new ringmain installed in the kitchen and various FCU's are running appliances.. One of the FCU's installed is unused and I intend to run two external lights. I've installed a metal knockout box around 50 cm's away from the FCU I intend to use and have run 1.5mm twin...

I am trying to add a couple of 40W halogen downlighters via a 13amp FCU fed from a nearby electrical socket. I have 1.5mm twin and earth cable for the lights themselves but do I need to use 2.5mm from the electric socket to the FCU or 1.5mm for both?

Hi. Having a problem with a unswitched FCU to dimmer switch which turns on outside lights. Problem is they wont work. It is wired as follows. Ring main live and netural to "in" on back of FCU. Neutral out from fcu connected to directly to wiring feeding outside lights. Live from fcu to dimmer...

Hi, I want to add a PIR security light at the back of my house, with a switch in the kitchen. I think it will be easier to get to the power circuits than the lighting circuit so I think a FCU off the ring main will be the easiest option. I could do with some help on the following: -...

Hi, I have a query regarding the size of fuses to go in a FCU. 1) - I have an FCU high up on the wall outside the bathroom that isolates the supply to the main bathroom light (and pull coard switch) on the upstairs lighting circuit which itself is protected by a 5A fuse on the CU. What...