Can somebody give me piece of mind re FCU and spur please?

[fastrunner]

Hi folks,

I have read this sevral times but just to ensure tht I am correct please can someone confirm the following?;

I want to add some extra sockets in my garage. The problem is, the exisitng double socket is already a spur off the a main socket (the other side of the wall as it was an extension before I moved in).

I want to add some double sockets primarily to run a freezer (which will always be on) and then to run a couple of other items on an ad hoc basis e.g. tumble dryer, extension lead for power washer, xbox , tv.

Eventually I want to get it finished off into a proper utillity room at which point I will get a ring main put in by a sparky.

To tide me through, if I put a 13amp fused connection unit BEFORE the existing spur socket that has been there longer then me, am i then safe to run some extra sockets off as an interim measure?



Many thanks

 

[ban-all-sheds]

It will be safe, but you won't like what might happen to a 13A fuse when loaded with a freezer and a T/D....

 

[fastrunner]

It will be safe, but you won't like what might happen to a 13A fuse when loaded with a freezer and a T/D....

so will it 100% blow it or is it just likely / possible?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

It's possible, not certain, don't know how likely.

Why not plug a multiway trailing socket in, with a 13A fuse, run the freezer and T/D off it, and see what happens?

 

[fastrunner]

many thanks will try that

 

[fastrunner]

ban all sheds -- thanks for your advice; that method seems to be fine.

On a seperate note, will it make any difference, if i install a FSU then a double socket that will serve the tumble dryer, then another 13amp FSU before the socket that controlls the freezer or is this just a waste of time?

sorry if the question is daft

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Draw that on paper, and look to see which loads will have their current going through the first FCU.

 

[fastrunner]

tumble dryer for the first fsu (which obvioulsy wont be used at all times), then freezer on the 2nd which sadly has to swallow power 24/7

 

[ban-all-sheds]

FCUs don't generate power.

Where does the second one get its?

 

[fastrunner]

newbie alert - get what you are saying now and understand

many thanks !