Hi
I have a feeling I'm going to be shot down for this but just want to double check that the following proposal is unsafe or not:
So there is already in the loft a socket run from a 5 amp lighting circuit (ouch!)
I already have a lot of 0.5mm flex and a 400-500watt outside light.
I think this is notifiable (ouch2) but thinking about running fitting a 3amp plug to a length of that flex, running it via the soffit to the outside wall and into the outside light. Then plugging it in to the existing (presumably non-compliant socket). That socket isn't used for anything else. "Of course" (ahem) there is a circuit breaker protecting that circuit at the consumer unit...
Would I be breaking every rule in the book or would it be broadly safe?
I have a feeling I'm going to be shot down for this but just want to double check that the following proposal is unsafe or not:
So there is already in the loft a socket run from a 5 amp lighting circuit (ouch!)
I already have a lot of 0.5mm flex and a 400-500watt outside light.
I think this is notifiable (ouch2) but thinking about running fitting a 3amp plug to a length of that flex, running it via the soffit to the outside wall and into the outside light. Then plugging it in to the existing (presumably non-compliant socket). That socket isn't used for anything else. "Of course" (ahem) there is a circuit breaker protecting that circuit at the consumer unit...
Would I be breaking every rule in the book or would it be broadly safe?