My loft has a strip light and switch already installed. I want to install a double socket to power the aerial booster (and scalectrix!) - can i simply install the double socket on the cable just before the switch for the light?
Just don't forget to limit your FCU to 13A, and take it from an outlet ring and not from a lighting circuit.Adam_151 said:In this situation I don't think I'd bother extending the ring, I'd just take a spur from it, probably easier, avoids using crimps etc (as most people don't have the tools for them), less to squash in the backbox, etc, and for what is going to be used in the loft, a spur is perfectly adequate, though if you want sockets in more than one location in the loft then its going to have to be a fused spur, using an FCU
crafty1289 said:(although, it is acceptable to connect a single 5A round-pin socket to a lighting circuit for the sole purpose of powering a signal booster).
Adam_151 said:This system is also used on the continent, plugs and sockets rated at below the protective device feeding the circuit, and no fuse in the plug, Dosen't seem to cause problems in practice
I've never seen one...pdcelec said:Although the plugs are not fused on the continent I think you will find that there is a fuse in each socket.
ban-all-sheds said:I've never seen one...pdcelec said:Although the plugs are not fused on the continent I think you will find that there is a fuse in each socket.
crafty1289 said:Is a 2A socket rated at 2A or is it good for 5A? I only ask because if fitting it to a 6A lighting circuit, how does one protect it if it is only rated for 2A?
A 13A fuse in the plug!securespark said:crafty1289 said:Is a 2A socket rated at 2A or is it good for 5A? I only ask because if fitting it to a 6A lighting circuit, how does one protect it if it is only rated for 2A?
How does one protect 13A socket on a 32A ring?
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