Electric plate question

[amwc]

Hi

Can someone tell me what the plates are called that have a single wire coming from them to say a heater? similar to a blanking plate just with a hole for the wire? cheers

 

[bogbasher]

Hello.

That would be a fused spur. Or a switched fused spur.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Do you mean these types of item:

 

[amwc]

YES THANKS BOTH FOR THAT, THE ONE ON THE LEFT LOOKS ABOUT RIGHT BUT WHAT IS IT CALLED??

 

[jj4091]

click the pic

 

[bogbasher]

Wouldnt a heater be on a fused spur ?.

 

[RF Lighting]

Usually, unless the heater is for example in a bathroom or whatever, and the local isolator is outside the room etc.

 

[bogbasher]

If the isolator was outside the bathroom would it not be better to just have a cable direct to the appliance ? and skip the outlet plate .
Im not a spark by the way. I just like learning.

 

[ColJack]

so just drill a hole through the wall?

rough git..

use a flex outlet plate but don't cut the lead down, pass it through to the FCU..

 

[bogbasher]

But surely there is a hole through the wall anyway.
But then again i suppose there is many reasons to use one. Like if the cable was fixed to appliance in a way not to able to remove.

 

[amwc]

Cheers
clicking the pics a bit technical.
I'm getting these for an electrician that is working in my house. I need 4 two for heaters in the living and bedroom ( sounds like fused spurs might be better?) a towel heater and a fan heater. which will require Outlet Plates I think as there in the bathroom?
Thanks for the help

 

[ColJack]

get the middle one, the one with the hole in the middle looks tacky..
the other 2 have the hole in the bottom..

 

[ccrowe]

I'm getting these for an electrician that is working in my house. I need 4 two for heaters in the living and bedroom ( sounds like fused spurs might be better?) a towel heater and a fan heater. which will require Outlet Plates I think as there in the bathroom?
Thanks for the help

Why are you getting them for him? Surely his wholesaler will give him a better discount than you could ever achieve?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

And not only that, he will know if they need to be FCUs or not, and whether they could go inside the bathroom.

amwc - just leave it all up to him to supply what he needs.

 

[Stoday]

I'm the electrician that works in my house.

As I don't work in anyone else's house, I have to buy fittings for me.