Is ok to add a socket from a blanked off spur

[thornmproblem]

Hi - hoping someone who knows more than me can advise.

In the kitchen on a stud wall there was a fused spur connected to warm air heating system, as far as I know this is on the main socket ring. As it's not used it just has a block connector to maintain the circuit and will have a blank plate over it.

Is it OK to add a new socket further down the wall and just connect to the connector block? I'm a a bit confused because most discussions are about connecting a new socket to an old one.

 

[ricicle]

If it is definitely on the ring circuit then yes connect into the existing connectors and blank off again. Make sure the connections are sound.
Is the existing socket circuit protected by a 30mA RCD as buried cables require this as well as the new socket itself.

 

[slippyr4]

You'll need to leave a blank plate over the connections though, and not plaster or tile over them or anything.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

You would need to confirm the configuration of the circuit.
*Is it a ring final circuit and not a radial?
*If ring final, is it part of the whole ring or is it a spur from a spur set up?
*If part of whole ring (not spurred), do you have 30mA RCD protection for any newly buried cable and additional socket.
* Is it part of a fused spur set up?

*My solution would be if it is a ring final and not a spur arrangement or a radial circuit, but has no RCD protection, would be to fit a 13A 30mA RCD protected fused connection unit at the existing blanked of box, then connect a new socket to that.

*If it is a whole ring (not spurred) or radial with 30mA RCD protection, you could either connect to it using a blank plate or even a 13A fused connection unit, the latter would allow for more than one socket outlet to be connected.

*If part of fused spur set up, you could but again newly buried and socket require RCD protection.

*if it is a spur arrangement from a ring final circuit, you cannot connect a socket, but a little more investigation may help come up with a solution.

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• PrenticeBoyofDerry
• 11 Dec 2011
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13A fused connection with 30mA RCD