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6A lighting cct to supply a 13A socket

Farmboy
So, we all know about feeding lights from a socket cct, but would you do it the other way around, running on to a single 13A socket from a 6A lighting cct (which is wired in 1.5mm2, to run a few LED's) to supply a lawn mower and similar items? Somebody was given a quote to install the socket.


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    Except in this case the original poster has given us specific context/

    Connecting a load greater than anticipated could well be expected - it's a socket to be installed in a bin shed for a block of flats - and the sparky who gave the quote to install it is going to take the supply from the lighting cct supplying the lights in the communal stairway ?.




     




    would you do it the other way around, running on to a single 13A socket from a 6A lighting cct (which is wired in 1.5mm2, to run a few LED's) to supply a lawn mower and similar items?




    To fit an identical socket in the roof void of the same block of flats for a TV amplifier or something would be a very different matter. It's not really a question of the wiring regs , but one of a professional judgement of what is needed for this very specific situation.


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    Except in this case the original poster has given us specific context/

    Connecting a load greater than anticipated could well be expected - it's a socket to be installed in a bin shed for a block of flats - and the sparky who gave the quote to install it is going to take the supply from the lighting cct supplying the lights in the communal stairway ?.




     




    would you do it the other way around, running on to a single 13A socket from a 6A lighting cct (which is wired in 1.5mm2, to run a few LED's) to supply a lawn mower and similar items?




    To fit an identical socket in the roof void of the same block of flats for a TV amplifier or something would be a very different matter. It's not really a question of the wiring regs , but one of a professional judgement of what is needed for this very specific situation.


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