On Jul 22, 1:35*pm, PeterC wrote:
In the loft there's a run of 2.5 FT&E that goes to a heater point in the
bathroom. I'd like to leave the heater point wired in but would like a
couple of sokets in the loft (inspection lamp, vac, that sort of thing).

Rather not have the chance of someone running a 3kW heater and 1400W vac
via a 15A MCB, so wondered about a switch to mount in the loft to enable
only one outlet at a time.

There are plenty of toggle or rocker switches that would do the job - I
have some - but a metal toggle switch in a box...?

The only others that I've found are grid switches; I'd like something like
a cooker point but with a suitable switch.

Any pointers please?

Its normal for the total possible load on sockets to far exceed the
cable rating and fuse protection. This isn't a problem, and if you
really plugged excessive loads in, first there's a safety margin in
the cable, and second the 15A mcb would trip if the overload were
significant and sustained. No switch needed.


NT