Upgrading Garage Electrics

[colin H]

Hello everyone and seasons greetings to you all .

My garage has just one 13A socket , which I think , is tee`d off the ring main using a single 2.5 cable . A fused spur is connected to this for the light switch.

Running into this I have a freezer , a tumble dyer , a pond UV light and a small dosing pump for my pond .

I`m about to add an air source heat pump for the pond , which is `plug and play` rather than hard wired . It draws a maximum of 1kw of power .

If I use my socket as it is , will I be overloading it ?

If so , what do I need to do to increase my capacity ? I`d like a rough idea of the work involved , before I call in a professional . My meter is at the opposite side of the house , so running cables might be an issue ? If so , I might run the cable for the heat pump to another indoor socket .

What do you think ? Any advice would be much appreciated .

 

[EFLImpudence]

1kW - 4A - is fine in a 13A socket.

However, I am confused how the freezer, tumble drier and pump "run into this"; what does that mean?

 

[colin H]

1kW - 4A - is fine in a 13A socket.

However, I am confused how the freezer, tumble drier and pump "run into this"; what does that mean?

These appliances are housed in the garage and are plugged into this socket . Sorry for the confusion .

 

[Ragnar_AT]

If the tumble dryer and heat pump don’t run at the same time it should be fine. Is the garage on a fused spur? If not you‘d probably be able to run both at the same time.

 

[colin H]

If the tumble dryer and heat pump don’t run at the same time it should be fine. Is the garage on a fused spur? If not you‘d probably be able to run both at the same time.

There is a fused switch attached for the light , but there are no other fuses on the cable . I just had a look at the dryer label and it uses 2200w . Yes , I could make sure they`re not run together , but might be better if I can route the heater to another socket , perhaps ?

 

[EFLImpudence]

I take it the socket is in fact a double socket despite "My garage has just one 13A socket".

If that is the case and the cable is 2.5mm² then you could run the items at the same time.
3200W is 13.33A so will be fine on a double socket.

You cannot fit any more sockets on an unfused spur; i.e. the cable, not a misnamed Fused Connector Unit.

 

[colin H]

I take it the socket is in fact a double socket despite "My garage has just one 13A socket".

If that is the case and the cable is 2.5mm² then you could run the items at the same time.
3200W is 13.33A so will be fine on a double socket.

You cannot fit any more sockets on an unfused spur; i.e. the cable, not a misnamed Fused Connector Unit.

No , it's a single socket . I have a 4 gang extension plugged into it via an RCD . The 4 appliances mentioned in my original post are plugged into it.