Electric Fire Socket

[rogers_danny]

Hi,

I'm about to move into a house that is 2 years old. There is one of these contemporary feature fires (electric) mounted on the wall and it is directly wired to a box behind the fire which then goes to a fused switch further along the living room wall

We want to remove the fire as this will be an ideal place for the TV. What I want to do is turn that socket into a normal mains input for the TV, blue-ray player and sky box etc

I will get an electrician out to do it but just wanted to know if this is a simple job seeing as there is a switch with a fuse further along the wall

Thanks
Dan

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

It's highly likely taking in to consideration the power supply was for an electric fire that the fused connection is from the ring final socket circuit.
This will be a 13A spur from the the ring final circuit and it will be fine to use the connection behind the fire as a socket outlet or multiple socket outlets, but you will be restricted to a maximum demand of 13Amps though on this spur.

 

[Taylortwocities]

but you will be restricted to a maximum demand of 13Amps though on this spur.

Which will be fine for a TV and the add-on stuff.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Which will be fine for a TV and the add-on stuff.

Agreed 2.99kW plenty enough for TV, blu-ray, digi-box, games console

 

[JohnD]

A 5A or 3A fuse cartridge will pop into the FCU in less than a minute

 

[rogers_danny]

Thanks for your replies, I think it makes sense

Is it likely that any electrician would leave the FCU in place with a 13A fuse but then put me a double socket in without further work?

You are correct, the things I will be plugging into this area are the TV, XBOX 360, sky HD box an my blu-ray 5.1 system

Thanks all!

 

[JohnD]

beyond the FCU, you are allowed a hundred double sockets if you want, it's a fused spur. However the total load will not exceed 13A

It would be very much simpler to have a single socket though, with a multi-way extension on it. They are very convenient for Audiovisual nests.