Help to put a socket in the loft

[Beckmeister General]

I have a switch in the airing cupboard that used to turn on the immersion heater in the storage tank. I want to use the switch to put a socket in the loft. Can I replace the switch with a 13 amp fused switch and run a cable up in the loft to a socket. Is this ok or is there a better way?

 

[gman76]

I'm not a sparky, so please correct me swiftly if I'm incorrect.

I don't see a problem with doing this, as long as the fuse/mcb in the CU is re-labelled from "immersion" to "loft radial".

Providing the fuse/mcb provides sufficient protection for the cable feeding the existing switch & the cable you run to the new socket is sized according to the fuse in the new FCU.

Of course, I guess the feed isn't on an off peak supply?

 

[Taylortwocities]

Assuming there is nothing else on the old immersion circuit and the fuse in your fuse board is 15 or 16 amp...... You could remove the switch, run a length of 2.5mm twin & earth cable up to the loft. Connect the two cables togther using a choc block (of suitable capacity and cover over with a blanking plate.
Put a double socket on the end in the loft and you are done.

Or you could retain the existing switch in the airing cupboard if you want to.

 

[Beckmeister General]

Treat me like a babe in arms...................whats a choc block?

 

[daytona]

its an old school term for connector block,they allways used to be brown!

 

[Beckmeister General]

Thanks for responses, you electrians are far friendlier than plumbers who seem to be up their own ar*e

 

[mosaix]

Be careful. Some lofts generate condensation on the underneath of the roof in cold weather and this can drip down onto electrical fittings.