Hi guys. A little question for you all if you don't mind. I have been doing some plumbing for a mate and while I was there he asked me if something he was planning to do would be OK so I thought I'd ask here seeing as you have all been so helpful with my own house electrics in the past.
What he has existing in the hallway is an unused FCU about 2' below the ceiling, spurred off the downstairs lighting cct. He wanted to know if it would be OK to use this to feed a double socket mounted at about 6' from the floor to allow him to plug in an alarm unit and a door intercom system.
Both the units together only draw about 2A at the most in use ( via transformers ) so I guess the cabling is OK to use ( existing 1.5mm T&E ) but I couldn't tell him if it will be notifiable or not as I'm not sure if it's classed as adding to existing ccts or not, also whether it's permissable to have a socket running off the lighting cct.
Any help you lads can offer will be gratefully received.
TIA - Bigzed
What he has existing in the hallway is an unused FCU about 2' below the ceiling, spurred off the downstairs lighting cct. He wanted to know if it would be OK to use this to feed a double socket mounted at about 6' from the floor to allow him to plug in an alarm unit and a door intercom system.
Both the units together only draw about 2A at the most in use ( via transformers ) so I guess the cabling is OK to use ( existing 1.5mm T&E ) but I couldn't tell him if it will be notifiable or not as I'm not sure if it's classed as adding to existing ccts or not, also whether it's permissable to have a socket running off the lighting cct.
Any help you lads can offer will be gratefully received.
TIA - Bigzed