Fused Spur...

[andyd55]

Hey guys, I have a fused spur in my living room for an electric fire place to go, however I do not want one as I am building units the whole way across and having my tv centered instead. So is it possible for me to replace the blanking plate for a double socket or such like so that I can have all the wire hidden behind the unit and just the fused spur over by the side to switch it all on and off? Or is this a big no no?

Hope I have made this clear as to what I am trying to achieve I can post a pic if it helps?

 

[acat]

In principal I dont see anything wrong with that as it was for a fire do you if its 2.5mm cable that is supplying the spur and where the spur is coming from is it the socket ring main or elsewhere.

Chris

 

[old dog]

hi if i understand you sfs will have possibly a trailer 4 extension wired in to it
for tv / dvd ect
yes thats fine

 

[andyd55]

Thanks for quick replies guys,
this is the current setup, it has a double socket with the fused spur for the fireplace which I think it is wired into the ring as there is 3 cables coming into the fused spur.

This is then in the center of the wall where the fire place goes, looks like 2.5mm t&e to me?

Then this pic shows the whole wall.

Are you saying I could hard wire a 4 socket extension into the blanking plate for fire? Or am I misunderstanding you?

 

[scotsparky]

As there that close would it be fairly easy to incorperate it all onto the ring??

 

[andyd55]

I could yeah, but I am going to have a large unit going all the way across the wall with just a bit at the left and right sticking bare and this is why I was thinking I could use the fused spur switch to turn tv, dvd, etc etc off? as it would be accesible at the right?

 

[old dog]

yes mate you can wire a trailer 4 or 6 into the outlet controled by the sfs
it will be protected by the 13amp fuse.
i take it the sfs will be accessible when the unit is in place

 

[sparks1234]

wot, no earth to the backbox

 

[Spudnik]

wot, no earth to the backbox

Good practice, but not a requirement.

 

[Mr Mark Sparks]

at least there is a round head screw used to fix the box

 

[andyd55]

Nice one cheers guys, yeah I spotted that as well, meant to ask was it essential to earth the back box cause I normally do but I didn't wire this place I only moved in a couple months back!