In reply to a post by JohnR:

Putting a 13A socket on a lighting circuit is not expicilty prohibited.

Precisely

In reply to a post by JohnR:

But the danger is if someone else decided to connect something other than the intended product to it.

Why? If the device is low to medium powered then it will run fine. If high power such as a hair dryer, then it will take out the breaker - 6 or 3 A. No issue apart from the nuisance factor.

I know its done as I've come across it before in one of my previous properties where they had connected a TV aerial amplifier up but personally I wouldn't knowingly put anything on a lighting circuit other than lights as it muddies the water but thats just my opinion.

Edit: Before anyone says, I wasn't trying to compare a hair dryer with a aerial amplifer I appreciate the current drawn is totally different

Edited by deleted (Sat 10-Jul-21 11:52:02)

In reply to a post by MHC:

Nothing wriong with doing it and it is done on a regular basis, provided it is done correctly. Where in teh regulations is it not permitted?


Why do you need to run a fused spour for a socket? Expalin that with reference to the appropriate regulations.

Nothing in the regs yet, I'm old scchool, was taught it's bad practice, a bodge, but sadly it's in favour today.🤬

Could have used a DP switch instead,but used a switched fused spur as I had box of them available.

Edited by Nightglow (Sun 11-Jul-21 12:01:11)

In reply to a post by MHC:

Why? If the device is low to medium powered then it will run fine. If high power such as a hair dryer, then it will take out the breaker - 6 or 3 A. No issue apart from the nuisance factor.

Prevention is better than cure.

If they have old style fuses in the board & simply change the wire for higher rated..

Humpty is what Numpty does.

In reply to a post by JohnR:

In reply to a post by MHC:

Why? If the device is low to medium powered then it will run fine. If high power such as a hair dryer, then it will take out the breaker - 6 or 3 A. No issue apart from the nuisance factor.

Prevention is better than cure.

If they have old style fuses in the board & simply change the wire for higher rated..

Humpty is what Numpty does.

My house was built in the late 1960s. It has an old-style fusebox with plug-in fuse wire carriers that you have to rewire yourselves if one blows.

I believe a nail pressed into the carrier works quite well in stopping any more fuse blows ............ 🥵🤬🥵🤬👿👹💀💀

As proven by this note from the Darwin Awards web-site dating back to 1998: https://darwinawards.com/legends/legends1998-04.html

I remember seeing silver paper - what you used to get in cigarette packets - in one of those fuse holders.

In reply to a post by clyde123:

I remember seeing silver paper - what you used to get in cigarette packets - in one of those fuse holders.

That would have been a lighting circuit!

[groan] 😂😂😂

I see your reason for that - and realised it as I had posted. I was actually meaning Lighting, as in the circuit rather than the other meaning!

In the end, there is no way to beat "stupidity" though.