Old fuse socket next to another (working) fuse socket: What is it for?

[Powada]

Hello!

I have discovered in the cupboard behind the shower an old, disused fuse socket. Directly next to it is a working and used fuse socket. Here they are pictured.

My suspicion is that it is just an old socket that couldn't be used for a "new" shower. Is this the case? And if so, why could the old fuse socket not serve the "new" shower and why was it not removed?

 

[Guest123]

Could that at one time have been the airing cupboard where all the heating controls used to be positioned???

 

[Powada]

Could that at one time have been the airing cupboard where all the heating controls used to be positioned???

It could have been. Maybe this is just one of those mysteries!

 

[maddfridge]

hi there

could have been and old cylinder and immesrion etc

chheers
maddfridge

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Could have been to supplies for economy 7.

 

[IQ Electrical]

Hello!

I have discovered in the cupboard behind the shower an old, disused fuse socket. Directly next to it is a working and used fuse socket. Here they are pictured.
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My suspicion is that it is just an old socket that couldn't be used for a "new" shower. Is this the case? And if so, why could the old fuse socket not serve the "new" shower and why was it not removed?

The fact that it's a 13A fused connection unit is an indication that the cable supplying it will be vastly undersized to serve even the lowest powered electric shower.
It's amazing how many unused accessories we come across on inspections!

 

[telectrix]

probably hasn't been removed because whoever was too tight fisted to pay an electrician a few quid to trace the cable back to source and safely isolate same