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Fitting smoke and heat alarms to an existing property.
Kitchen needs a combined heat and CO alarm.
Above the kitchen is a bedroom with newly laid solid real hard wood flooring so no chance of lifting floor boards.
Kitchen lights all wired loop at switch so no permanent feed available from the light circuit.
There is however a 13A floor socket (under the bed) in just about the right place to fit the alarm directly below it.
Problem how to feed the alarm from a 13A socket that is part of a 32A ring final?
Can't find a floor mount FCU and it would look a bit silly even if I could.
Don't want to fit an FCU in the ceiling next to the alarm.
I do however find 2 of the mounting holes on a standard Aico alarm base match the pitch of a 1G box. So if I cut a 1G box into the ceiling the alarm base will screw to it and cover the 1G box.
Puzzle. How to incorporate a fuse into the 1G ceiling mounted back box?
I thought about in line fuse holders but most tend to be solder connection and not convinced they are suitable.
I have managed to contrive the mounting of a DIN rail fuse holder into the 1G back box.
Can anyone tell me why that is a bad idea or suggest a better idea?
Kitchen needs a combined heat and CO alarm.
Above the kitchen is a bedroom with newly laid solid real hard wood flooring so no chance of lifting floor boards.
Kitchen lights all wired loop at switch so no permanent feed available from the light circuit.
There is however a 13A floor socket (under the bed) in just about the right place to fit the alarm directly below it.
Problem how to feed the alarm from a 13A socket that is part of a 32A ring final?
Can't find a floor mount FCU and it would look a bit silly even if I could.
Don't want to fit an FCU in the ceiling next to the alarm.
I do however find 2 of the mounting holes on a standard Aico alarm base match the pitch of a 1G box. So if I cut a 1G box into the ceiling the alarm base will screw to it and cover the 1G box.
Puzzle. How to incorporate a fuse into the 1G ceiling mounted back box?
I thought about in line fuse holders but most tend to be solder connection and not convinced they are suitable.
I have managed to contrive the mounting of a DIN rail fuse holder into the 1G back box.
Can anyone tell me why that is a bad idea or suggest a better idea?