Replacing fused facia for socket

[Adamlister]

Hi all,

Within my consumer unit I currently have a B6 MCB wired to a 3A fused facia, this is supplying power to my home alarm which I no longer use/need. My question is can I replace the fused facia for a single socket or will I also need to change the MCB?

Thanks in advance!

Adam

 

[endecotp]

You can replace it with a socket, but you can't plug anything that needs more than 6A into it.

 

[Adamlister]

You can replace it with a socket, but you can't plug anything that needs more than 6A into it.

Thanks for the reply, it will be used to power a nest thermostat which is USB, 5V 1.4A

 

[endecotp]

We've had other discussions about this recently, see e.g. //www.diynot.com/diy/threads/plug-socket-from-light-circuit-for-low-amp-usage.473504/

 

[winston1]

You can replace it with a socket, but you can't plug anything that needs more than 6A into it.

One day someone will, so best to change the MCB and the feed cable as well.

 

[JohnW2]

One day someone will, so best to change the MCB and the feed cable as well.

It would only avoid (slight) 'inconvenience' on any rare occasions when that may happen. Safety-wise, there really isn't an issue. An appropriate label on the socket would make the occurrence even rarer, perhaps 'never happening'.

Kind Regards, John