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  1. Mr C

    Mr C Well-Known Member

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    Only stupid answers. I've bought an bulkhead lamp for my Mam's out-house, which is supposed to be wired to the house lighting circuit. Can I just wire up a cable and plug to it instead, or is that not allowed?
     
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    I've got a Halogen lamp on the back of the garage and that just plugs in to the socket in the garage so if anybody says you can't do it or it's illegal I'm deleting this post ;)

    (The garage socket is protected by a RCD switch on the main fuse board so if your mams hasn't got that I'd suggest buying a plug-in one to plug the light into [bit like an adaptor])

    Disclaimer: My dad was an electrician, I'm not :p
     
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    You'll need a 5 amp fused spur if you're putting it onto ring main.
     
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    It's not strictly allowed, best to put it to a spur, but everyone does it. 5A fuse in the plug, job done.
     
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    What's a spur? In the electrical sense.
     
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    There has to be a cowboy builder reference in here.
     
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    A socket with a switch and fuse. You feed it (spur) from your socket ring and wire your bulkhead to it.5A fuse for a light.
     
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    That'll be me.
     
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    3 amp fuse
     
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    Any jobsworth electrician won't be happy but stick it in a plug with a 5amp fuse and you'll be fine, mine have been on them like that for years. If you want to make absolutely sure you can buy an RCD plug to stick them into and that will trip should their be a problem.
     
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    Ok thanks. There's an old one in there which I'm going to replace with a double socket and run the light from that. I think I get it....

    Thanks for the advice everyone. I hereby disclaim that it was taken in good faith and absolve you all from any responsibility for my death.
     
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    Can I keep a little bit of responsibility for your death? At least then I'll be able to say that once in my life I was described as being responsible.
     
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    Yep. You are right. 5'll do though.
     
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    Hang on, he says 3A fuse and his name's Sparky? And he has a lightning bolt avatar. Oh 'eck....
     
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    Okay, you can pay for the funeral. How's that?
     
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    If it's surface mounted just get a single box to go next to the double socket. Knock out some cutouts for the cable. Run a length of 2.5mm twin and earth between the 2. Put a double socket front on the double box and a fuse socket front on the single box with your bulkhead running from it. 3A fuse in it.
     
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    If you follow our advice you'll be cremated anyway so that works for me
     
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