Electrian Advice - New plug needed - Easy Job?

smcqis

Hi,

Basically moved house and the only telephone line for broadband doesn’t have a plug beside it. I tried mobile broadband but the speed wasn’t great, this new BT line is faster but atm I have a line running across the hall to a plug in next room. How easy would it be to put one here as per the photo? Can it feed off electricity to the light switch?

Cornucopia

The ease/cost of putting in a new socket depends on the location of a viable point to take a spur power connection and the construction of the wall and any other surfaces that will need to be worked on.

The light switch won't be a suitable connection point.   

If the power connection involves a lot of work, you may find that extending either the data connection or the low voltage side of the router power supply is easier.

grumbler

How easy, depends on the floor plan and location of other sockets.

smcqis

The closest socket is on the inside of the door (far side) that is located just left of the pic (door frame showing).

Carrot007

Cornucopia said:

The ease/cost of putting in a new socket depends on the location of a viable point to take a spur power connection

Spur or add to the ring main. My mother needed a sopcket for her boiler so it could be boxed in so futher back. I just added it (a single as was all needed) to the ring.

Not that there is anything wrong with a spur. I put a double socket spur into my loft in the previous house. Not here...., as well can't stand up so not needed as much!

NSG666

smcqis said:

The closest socket is on the inside of the door (far side) that is located just left of the pic (door frame showing).

Looks/ sounds like access under the floor will be required for an electric socket so it depends what the floor / covering is as to how hard to fit e.g. carpet not too bad, solid wood flooring a pig.

FaceHead

The closest might not be the easiest depending on what sort of walls you have, the floor coverings etc.

However, if you're asking whether a light switch is an option (it probably doesn't even have a neutral at it, let alone the current rating problem) then the most straightforward answer is get an electrician to install a new socket for you - to do just the one, you'd probably need to pay them whatever half a day's work costs where you are. 

You'll then be left with patching up the walls, painting over etc. so plenty of opportunity for you to get your hands dirty. 
 

Jeepers_Creepers

smcqis said:

Hi,

Basically moved house and the only telephone line for broadband doesn’t have a plug beside it. I tried mobile broadband but the speed wasn’t great, this new BT line is faster but atm I have a line running across the hall to a plug in next room. How easy would it be to put one here as per the photo? Can it feed off electricity to the light switch?

Hi Smcqis. We really need more info, like a sketch or wide photo(s) to show where the nearest power points are.

What's that device on the wall to the right of the switches? Is it a wireless receiver for the CH system? If so, that will have a mains supply to it (from the boiler circuit) so there will be a cable running from that wall back to the boiler of hot tank location. Where are they? If, ideally, it's not far behind that wall..., then to run an additional cable for a new socket should be easy.

But, we need more info.

Another solution would be to move (replace) that BT socket with one closer to where the cable comes in the house, and position it near a power socket - then go 'wireless' from there. I suspect the cable will be coming in the eaves? In which case even the first upstairs bedroom (as with us) or even the landing will be an ideal place = better signal coverage.

Did I mention we need more info?

*j*

As J_C has suggested, it's much easier to put the router by an existing mains socket and then run a cable from the router to the master phone socket, rather than the other way round.