Can I disconnect an old plug socket myself, or do I need an electrician to do it?

tonyh66

Chrishazle said:

When we moved in here I found a load of blanking plates over old connections for the night storage heaters that used to be here before the previous owner had gas central heating installed. The wiring was simply into connector blocks with electrical tape insulation - so having used my multimeter to check (or find the circuit breaker that turned them off) to make sure they were dead I simply converted the balnking plates to single power points - no electrician required! Wife finds them handy for the hoover!

Does she only hoover at night? Generally storage heaters are on economy 7 and only come on at night.