Boiler off lighting circuit?

[Bob Geldoff1234]

What is everyone's opinion on taking a combi boiler supply off the lighting circuit? I doubt the boiler would pull more than 300 watts and with all the led lamps being used on the lighting circuit,I doubt it would come to more than a couple of hundred watts.A 3 amp fuse in the boiler spur would be fitted.
This question arises due to the boiler being moved into the loft and the only supply up there is off the lights? If it's not acceptable then please explain why?

 

[UNG]

Not all that many in my local area...and even if there was, you'd find a bridger/noggin in the way that you'd have to open the wall up to get past

The 6ft long ¾in wood auger sorts that out

 

[brianmoooore]

The 6ft long ¾in wood auger sorts that out

Long length of 1/4" hardened steel rod fitted with a 1/4" keyless chuck on one end in my tool kit just for that purpose. Chuck will need pass through a 25mm hole.

 

[brianmoooore]

I might still have some of the 2 way BC adaptors so you could have light and iron at the same time

Always had one of those in the tool kit.
It had two uses - to temporarily fit 2 x 100 or 150W lamps in a room where I was working, or, combined with a short lead with a 13A trailing socket on one end and a B22 plug on the other, it served to power a drill in pre cordless days, when you only had a couple of holes to drill, and the nearest working socket was some distance away.

 

[timhoward]

No need to go fishing , 90% of houses have an airing cupboard with an old 16a immersion switch , just take a cable from this up the corner of the cupboard to feed the loft

Agree, only thing to watch is it's sometimes on the non RCD side of a split load board, so depending on the purpose the route of new run can matter.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Agree, only thing to watch is it's sometimes on the non RCD side of a split load board, so depending on the purpose the route of new run can matter.

True

If you are fussed you could shift the mcb over to the rcd side if there was a spare ways that is

(I must admit (putting my tin hat firmly on) but on occasion I modify / extend a lighting circuit add a smoke or modify a circuit and don't always move it over to the rcd side when there are no spare ways)

 

[timhoward]

(I must admit (putting my tin hat firmly on) but on occasion I modify / extend a lighting circuit add a smoke or modify a circuit and don't always move it over to the rcd side when there are no spare ways)

Maybe we should start a confessional thread in the arms...I could certainly contribute, and worse that that!

 

[Dustydazzler]

Maybe we should start a confessional thread in the arms...I could certainly contribute, and worse that that!

Tim I hope you aren't admitting to throwing a junction box under the floor or wrapping some connector block in tape up the loft crawl space

 

[Intoelectrics]

Maybe we should start a confessional thread in the arms...I could certainly contribute, and worse that that!

The only issue with this is that I'd be careful what you admit to, some would take it far too serious and then brand you a cowboy.