Reusing a shower circuit?

[aprmike]

Morning all, First time poster, long time reader with a query if anyone can help. I have just removed an old electric shower from my house, and had hoped to reuse the circuit for a couple of plugs in the attic. The CU has a 32-amp fuse in and only ran the shower. It runs up into the attic splits at a junction box for the pullcord and then the shower itself.

Would it be ok to reuse this for some mains power? I'd like one as a fused spur for a power strip in a small data cabinet and the other for a dual mains socket. I would clearly label the board and sockets.

Thanks for any guidance on this.

 

[pjcomp]

Yes, perfectly all right. After all, it's been used for mains power up to now ... If it's a 32A breaker presumably (?) it's a 6mm cable. If you junction that and run 2.5 mm feeds to your sockets (easier to work with than 6mm) swap the breaker for a 16A and treat the circuit as an ordinary radial.


PJ

 

[wreck-it-steve]

Yes, perfectly all right. After all, it's been used for mains power up to now ... If it's a 32A breaker presumably (?) it's a 6mm cable. If you junction that and run 2.5 mm feeds to your sockets (easier to work with than 6mm) swap the breaker for a 16A and treat the circuit as an ordinary radial.


PJ

16A... why not 20A? thats the normal breaker size for 2.5mm radial is it not?

 

[RF Lighting]

16A or 20A is fine.

 

[securespark]

Or if you want to future-proof the circuit, use 4mm² and keep the 32A. Then, if you ever use heaters or whatnot, you've got the capacity.

 

[aprmike]

Ok, thanks for the input, good to know it'll be ok to use. I think I'll stick to 32A with the existing cable and just put my sockets on the end.