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KitKat83

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I already have a junction box outside my house, connected to an outdoor light that I don't use, but I want to use change the box to be an external plug socket so that I can plug in other things, instead of the light. Can this be switched to a socket quite easily and if so is anyone available to do this?


Thanks,

Kate

  • 2 weeks later...
A really good SE London qualified electrician I know had to stop his business a while back due to a crisis and is now in a position to restart. He?s looking to increase his clients and I let him know I?d give him a PLUG here. His name is Mem ? 07956 450347.
  • 4 weeks later...

I have just used Mem. He is friendly and approachable. He was able to do a range of electrical jobs, adding points, switches and wiring. A few hiccups but everything sorted on time.


He even discovered a void behind one of my walls which I hacked away. So nice and communicative too

TBH from what I know, an outdoor light fitting can't simply be swapped for a 3-pin external power socket because the rating for light rings and main rings is different (obviously ring mains have greater capacity of power throughput).

Your external light fitting may be a spur off or continuation of the lighting ring circuit which is for powering bulbs (lower power consumption and lighter gauge cable than ring main cable).

If your external light fitting is off a ring main (plug socket ring) you may fare better in establishing 3-pin power point.

Happy to be advised otherwise, but from what little I know !



KitKat83 Wrote:

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> I already have a junction box outside my house,

> connected to an outdoor light that I don't use,

> but I want to use change the box to be an external

> plug socket so that I can plug in other things,

> instead of the light. Can this be switched to a

> socket quite easily and if so is anyone available

> to do this?

>

> Thanks,

> Kate

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