Spur issues?

[kiwiNCFC]

Hello,

I am fitting a plug in TV amplifier in the loft because the signal around the house is really bad.

There is no sockets in the loft but i found a spur which is for the boiler. I think i read somewhere that you cannot have a spur off a spur is this right?

Otherwise how can i add a socket up there?

Cheers! :x

 

[Robin Spark]

What circuit is the boiler spurred from Kiwi? Or is it by any chance on its own radial that used to be the old immersion heater cct?

TBH even if the FCU for the boiler was spurred from a ring main, your not going to overload the cable by adding another socket for TV amp. However as you may not know what someone else might add at a later stage or plug in, then you could add another FCU looped into the supply terminals of the original boiler FCU and then take your new socket from this.

 

[ian932]

then you could add another FCU looped into the supply terminals of the original boiler FCU and then take your new socket from this.

Not if the boiler FCU is a spur off the ring, if it

 

[sellers]

Kwin, what is the load of the amplifier? I would put a fused spur off the lighting circuit up there and lable it up. At the end of the day its not a 'lighting circuit' its 6amp radial circuit and it makes no difference if your feeding 10 x 100w lamps or 5 x 100w lamps and 5 x 100w items.

Your 6amp breaker will take 1380w so take that into consideration.

 

[m4tty]

Spur issues..... Thought for a second that you were having issues with yOur spurs on your boots lol.

 

[Doc Hudson]

Remove the plug off the amplifier, hard wire it into a 3a FCU. No chance for some one to plug anything in then.

Doc H.

 

[kiwiNCFC]

Cheers guys for all your help!

There is a switch for the loft fluorescent so i could spur off the switch.

This is the amp i am getting : Labgear MSA111/S VHF/UHF Aerial Amp 1-Way 1-Input/ 1-Output | Screwfix.com

Manual says under 2 watts

 

[m4tty]

Is there a neutral in that switch mate?

 

[Robin Spark]

Not if the boiler FCU is a spur off the ring, if it