Wiring of high level fires on bedroom walls!

[vonsworld]

Hello
When we moved into our home in 1985 one bedroom and the bathroom had a single bar electric fire high up on the wall operated by a pull cord. The house was built in 1968 when central heating was not commonplace.

We didn't like the fires too much so they were removed and blanking plates put on the outlet sockets. I'm now redoecorating and would like to remove the wiring and plaster over the sockets.

The wiring runs straight up into the loft. One of the fires had a wire coming in and another back out, which then loops over to the second fire where the wiring ends. So they are not on the ring main. The fires do not have a dedicated fuse in the fusebox.

Has anyone seen this kind of setup before please? Do you think the fires are run as a spur off the ring main?

Obviously I can trace the wires in the loft, but that means lifting lots of insulation, so some hints on what to expect would be helpful.
Thanks
Robin

 

[winston1]

Who knows. Back in 1968 a spur could have 2 sockets, so possibly 2 fires.

How about connecting a light bulb to one of the connections (with the power off) and finding which breaker controls it.

The wiring can be pulled back into the loft and used for a useful loft socket.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Or pulled up in to the loft and terminated in a suitable junction box.

I don’t really mean terminated. I mean that, if they were joined together on the wall, they should be joined together in the junction box.