Have an integrated fridge wired directly to an in-line fuse. Where thein-line fuse socket is, I want to add a single switched socket to plugin a new freezer + keep the integrated fridge.Is it okay to replace the in-line fuse ONLY socket with a singleswitch socket that includes an in-line fuse?Cheers

Sounds like you have a fused spur with flex outlet - it's a single platewith fuse, switch and flex coming out of a hole? That would be normal.And you want 2 appliances connect there. Do you want 2 fused spurs, or doyou want to add a regular socket and plug the freezer into that?If you want 2 fused spurs or existing spur + new socket, then you need tocheck if the existing fused spur is directly on the ring.Make the circuit dead and remove the plate - if you find exactly 2 cablesgoing into the back then it's directly on the ring and the following is OK:Add another single box with second switched fused spur+flex outlet plateand connect to first with 2.5mm2 twin+earth. Don't forget to earth theback box if it's metal.If you have only one cable going in to the existing plate, then it'salready a spur and you cannot add another spur.If you have 3 cables going into the back, you have a something elsealready spurred off it and you cannot add another.If this is the case, you're best (and only...

Replace in-line fuse with socket AND in-line fuse?

Nov 29, 2004 21 Replies

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BigWallop 21 years ago

All very true. There will, I would think, be a disclaimer on materials, if not already, by the makers. The disclaimer will be in the region of warning that electrical work should be done by a qualified electrician if the buyer is in any doubt about the installation. Oh! That's right, there is one on most electrical items in these DIY stores already so I've seen. So this change, or tightening, has been in the wind for a lot longer than we thought then?

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John Rumm 21 years ago

Quite possibly... chances are it is the IR who are driving this and a number of other initiatives. Anything that can force a section of the potential grey market to raise its head into the glare of tax visibility (i.e. trade body membership, hence identifiable as "trade") will be good news for them, irrespective of the costs or downsides.

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