What’s this electrical cover?

Vikkivik77

Hi, 
I have recently moved house and I have my tumble drier in a cupboard, there is no power supply but an electrical socket/cover. 

Does anybody know what it is? 

Can this be adapted to a power socket? 

Thank you x

[Deleted User]

Hi,

have you an immersion water heater in the cupboard?

EssexExile

It's a fused spur to something, take the fuse out & see what doesn't work.

Steve_L

It is, as it says on "the tin" a cover for a fuse for a fixed appliance (very possibly the above) located nearby. This should be on its own "radial" (point-to-point) circuit because of its power requirement. This shouldn't be used for anything else.

If you're very, very lucky, there might be enough room in the trunking to be able to run a "spur" cable, fused through another of these fuse panels, from the nearest socket on a ring main to a new one in the cupboard. (The number of outlets on spurs shouldn't exceed the number of outlets on the ring main.)

As you didn't recognise the fuse cover, despite it having the word "fuse" on it, then I must respectfully suggest that this job is best left to a professional.

Undervalued

Usually that type of unswitched fused outlet supplies some appliance that is not normally switched off. Burglar and fire alarms for example, so that they don't get turned off by accident.

If you remove the fuse see what rating it is. If it is low, maybe 3 or 5 amp then it won't be an immersion heater as it would have blown!

Unfortunately it doesn't work the other way, if it is a high current fuse it may still be supplying a low demand appliance but somebody just fitted too big a fuse!

Risteard

It's a fused connection unit. (An unswitched one with no neon indicator.) As it isn't labelled we don't know what it's for.

Vikkivik77

Thank you 😊 I did figure it was something to do with a fuse. I just wondered if it was easy to convert to a plug socket as there was no light I was thinking it might be a blank socket which could be adapted. I’m not an electrician obviously and I don’t claim to have any electrical knowledge 😊

However I do as it happens have an unvented hot water system with immersion ( thank you to the person who asked this), the airing cupboard is on the floor about directly about the spur, so perhaps it’s for that.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

can you stick up a fuller picture please.

Undervalued

Vikkivik77 said:

Thank you 😊 I did figure it was something to do with a fuse. I just wondered if it was easy to convert to a plug socket as there was no light I was thinking it might be a blank socket which could be adapted. I’m not an electrician obviously and I don’t claim to have any electrical knowledge 😊

However I do as it happens have an unvented hot water system with immersion ( thank you to the person who asked this), the airing cupboard is on the floor about directly about the spur, so perhaps it’s for that.

Well, take the fuse out and if you have no hot water (once the tank has been used up) then there is your answer.

Norman_Castle

I've got one outside the bathroom for a fan heater in the bathroom. Is it near a bathroom?

greyteam1959

frugalmacdugal said:

Hi,

can you stick up a fuller picture please.

Yes take a picture to include the 'black dot' below the socket.
Looks to me like it might be a cable entry / exit ??