plug top on ceiling void

[Mikejf]

Im going to have a ceiling mounted speaker system in my house which includes the radio unit to be installed in the ceiling void. Its about the size of a transformer and fits through the hole for the speaker so its accessible. The unit has a plug top and as you cant have a socket in the ceiling void I was thinking what to do.
Im thinking fitting a fused spur on the wall just below the ceiling and run the cable in the wall into the ceiling void. Then cut the plug off and use a choc box to connect the unit to the spur cable ensuring there is enough slack to enable the junction point to be pulled down through the speaker hole in the ceiling thus making it accessible.
Sound about right?
Mike

 

[mfarrow]

Why don't you just take the cable with the plug cut off directly to the fused connection unit?

If you're going to use choc block anyway, best put it in a choc box.

 

[Mikejf]

Thanks. Yes choc block in an enclosure. The lead from the appliance my not be long enough to go directly to the fcu hence the connection in the void.

 

[riveralt]

I take it there is no socket available in the floor above?
Or the possibility of running a fused connection unit spur off a nearby socket in the floor above.

 

[Mikejf]

No floor above its a single storey extension. Just a roof.

 

[stillp]

Why can't you have a socket in the ceiling void?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

The unit has a plug top

Surely that's not much use without the rest of the plug, i.e. pins, fuse etc?

 

[Mikejf]

Why can't you have a socket in the ceiling void?

Because it will be inaccessible.

 

[viewer]

Maybe a stupid question, but how do you turn it on and off? When you say plug top, do you mean a wall-wart? If so they can object to the heat and die early if covered in insulation under a flat roof.

 

[Mikejf]

The radio is a KB sound iselect if you are in interested to google it.

 

[viewer]

Hey, That's neat. Can't you wire it into the lighting circuit?

 

[Mikejf]

Not sure. Still waiting for delivery.

 

[JohnW2]

Why can't you have a socket in the ceiling void?

Because it will be inaccessible.

Its about the size of a transformer and fits through the hole for the speaker so its accessible.

What about having a trailing socket attached to some flex - that could then probably be accessible through the speaker hole, couldn't it? However, as viewer has said, there could be thermal issues (regardless of how you get power to it) if it's a walwart-type-thing buried in insulation.

Kind Regards, John

 

[Mikejf]

My ceiling will have ample space below insulation for this unit so no thermal issues there. It looks like its std. 13amp plug not a transformer type. So you are suggesting a trailing socket on the ring main?

 

[JohnW2]

It looks like its std. 13amp plug not a transformer type. So you are suggesting a trailing socket on the ring main?

Yes, that's what I was suggesting - or even from a lighting circuit, since I don't think there's any risk of anyone climbing into the ceiling void and trying to plug in a vacuum cleaner or fan heater.

Kind Regards, John