"dennis@home" wrote in message
news:cA2ke.37245
Shouldn't the spur feeding it all be in 2.5mm cable though ... ie. before
the fuse?

Normally yes.
(But it doesn't have to be if an appropriate breaker is fitted in the
circuit (e.g. in the consumer unit)).

It may be an appropriate place to take another feed from.

Aha ... damn hidden cables! Took the cover off the fuse unit (by the
boiler, not the CU) and found a 2.5mm T&E feeding it. Real pig to get to -
had to reach about 50cm down the side of the boiler (the gap to the wall
beside it being about the length of a normal electrical screwdriver!).

I did not enjoy that little piece of wiring. It was a hot enough day
already and the boiler had just been on, so really sweating buckets leaning
over it and reaching down along it! SERIOUSLY awkward getting the new 2.5mm
T&E spur cabled up to the feed. That stuff can be pretty damned inflexible
when it wants to!

Anyway, as originally intended, that new spur now comes into a 3A fuse box,
with 1.5mm T&E running up to the light switch and again the rest of the way
to the light fitting. Let there be light ......!

Thanks for all the help from everyone.




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