Anyone know if we can chnen this socket to a plug socket..(pics included)?

bungle4x4

gabyjane wrote: »

Will do! the thing is we only want to put some xmas lights outside the front door on a tree and have no power near other than that!
Thanks

outside lights will be exposed to moisture, therefore its more important to check it out, its only the work of minutes mate. but a knowledgable eye on site is needed.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

if this tread goes on much longer, you won't need outside lights, Christmas will be past. :xmastree:

punknzippy

oooh this is funny to read
a lot of new houses are built with "future installments in mind" some builders have to build so many acsess houses for the disabled , even though they officially dont have to be sold to disabled buyers , we have built a lot of new private and social houses with such things as added ceiling joists to accomadate bed hoists , stair walls out of concrete blocks instead of stud walls for stair lifts to be fixed to , floor joists set out to be removed for future lift shafts ......... but never extra fused spurs for possible electric heating though

have you any spare trip switches inside your consumer unit ??they should have writing on them detailing what they all are for as in downstairs lights , kitchen sockets and so on

macman

[Deleted User] wrote:

Hi,

if this tread goes on much longer, you won't need outside lights, Christmas will be past. :xmastree:

Or possibly the OP will herself be requiring a stairlift...:D

silvercar

We have one of those that is connected to the lights in that room. Something to with converting the ring circuit for the room to operate the lights in the room.

We also have it in one room where the room needed rewiring, so all the electrics in that room run from that fuse point.

gabyjane

Lol at some of you..funnily enough even though i mentioned xmas lights we are not really fussed either way just dd asked..it is mainly for plugging the hoover in to do the car out instead of opening the garage up. We are in no hurry! my threads do tend to turn into far more than they need to tbh.
Anyway dh has no tools at all and we are not prepared to risk damaging anything so will wait and get someone round (supposed to have a man round about something else anyway who can do it)..as for the lights yes moisture so thats why we dont want to risk it.
The house is a 2 floor town house so as for disabled but im sure they have to do it for reasons that are not to discriminate but i get knackered living here never mind someone using a stair lift lol.
Thanks again..ill update when we know more/have done! i know you are all dying to know!!

Homersimpson

Just a quick point, if you add a new socket you should make sure that its protected by an RCD (Residual Current Device) to comply with the 17th edition of BS7671:2008. If the house is a couple of years old it then the house may have been wired to the 16th edition and as such this may not be protected by an RCD if it were for a security system.

This may sound a little daunting but all you need to check is that either the MCB (trip switch) serving the circuit has an integral RCD(which will have a test button and would say something like 30mA) or that the main device feeding the whole board (or half the board if its split load) has the test button and 30mA rating. If its the first option then you will be able to identify it by testing that the circuit is live, turning off that MCB and checking that the circuit is dead. If its the main device that has this protection, test live at the FCU and then trip the main device and test dead which will prove whether it has the necessary protection.

I hope I haven't confused you, domestic electrics are really really simple but if your not 100% confident please get a qualified electrican in to do this for you to ensure that the socket is safe to use and connected correctly. The cost of this would be negligable compared to the risk if not done correctly.

chaddythebear

I think they might be put in for things like a stair lift and wheelchair charging station and so on for disability purposes.

Just a joiners guess