ElectronGlow
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I would like to add a socket into the attic, primarily for running radio kit. e.g. a couple of Raspberry Pi and/or small form factor PC and for the purpose intend to install a double socket. I have read that one can take a spur off an existing socket, but one can't take a spur off a spur. My options are limited, but I have a socket in an airing cupboard which will be used to run an Ethernet switch and/or router. This socket is spurred from a socket on a ring in the adjacent bedroom. The 2.5mm cable, which is less than a metre long is simply run through the back of the socket, through the wall and into the cupboard. The cupboard itself is on a landing and incorporated into the bathroom.
The idea is to run a new cable from the existing switched socket in the cupboard (socket2) into a switch/fuse unit and then run a cable from the switch/fuse unit into the loft and terminate with a double socket (socket3). This would mean that the sockets in the loft will be fused and capable of being isolated by means of the switch in the cupboard.
The point I am not sure of is, what is means by not having a spur off a spur? Would socket3 be viewed as a spur off socket1/socket2, or a continuation of that spur? I do get that one could not run another spur from socket2. The arrangement I am thinking of would look something like this:
I have three sockets in the conservatory which are are wired in series and run from a spur off one of the sockets in the lounge. This was done by a qualified electrician at the time but perhaps regulations have changed?
BTW, while exploring the airing cupboard while considering this, I noticed that the boiler appears to be connected under the floor to the lighting circuit. The junction box is readily accessible and the boiler is switched and fused, but is connection to the lighting circuit permitted? If not, then my installation may also need to consider re-connecting the boiler to the ring main, in which case a junction box may need to be added. The only practical way I could do this is probably something like this:
If I could get under the floor then it might be possible to disconnect the ring and feed it into a junction box under the floor, but then it would not be accessible without pulling up carpet and floorboards so I am not sure that would comply with current regulations.
UPDATE: Turns out that the boiler is connected to its own dedicated circuit so this aspect of the post can be ignored.
The idea is to run a new cable from the existing switched socket in the cupboard (socket2) into a switch/fuse unit and then run a cable from the switch/fuse unit into the loft and terminate with a double socket (socket3). This would mean that the sockets in the loft will be fused and capable of being isolated by means of the switch in the cupboard.
The point I am not sure of is, what is means by not having a spur off a spur? Would socket3 be viewed as a spur off socket1/socket2, or a continuation of that spur? I do get that one could not run another spur from socket2. The arrangement I am thinking of would look something like this:
I have three sockets in the conservatory which are are wired in series and run from a spur off one of the sockets in the lounge. This was done by a qualified electrician at the time but perhaps regulations have changed?
If I could get under the floor then it might be possible to disconnect the ring and feed it into a junction box under the floor, but then it would not be accessible without pulling up carpet and floorboards so I am not sure that would comply with current regulations.
UPDATE: Turns out that the boiler is connected to its own dedicated circuit so this aspect of the post can be ignored.
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