UK Hi guys, just wanted to know if anyone knows of a single outdoor socket that has a removable fuse. I need to put 3amp fuse in it. Cheers

[Jefferson steelflex]

Hi guys, just wanted to know if anyone knows of a single outdoor socket that has a removable fuse. I need to put 3amp fuse in it. Cheers

 

[telectrix]

why not fit the 3A fuse in the plug?

 

[Jefferson steelflex]

why not fit the 3A fuse in the plug?

It's for a ELV plug. I'm putting a cctv camera in the garden, the customer doesn't want any chasing or anything in the house. So the only option I had was to remove the outdoor lighting and put a 3amp fused socket, and luckily it's two plate so there's a neutral. So just want keep things compact.

 

[davesparks]

It's for a ELV plug. I'm putting a cctv camera in the garden, the customer doesn't want any chasing or anything in the house. So the only option I had was to remove the outdoor lighting and put a 3amp fused socket, and luckily it's two plate so there's a neutral. So just want keep things compact.

What is the purpose of the 3A fuse?

 

[static zap]

What is the purpose of the 3A fuse?

I was thinking prevent electricity theft - But if accessible will be changed !
(may need to be smaller for discrimination (MCB=6B))

 

[Jefferson steelflex]

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What is the purpose of the 3A fuse?

Just for additional protection, just in case someone changes the load to something more higher in watts in the future.
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I was thinking prevent electricity theft - But if accessible will be changed !
(may need to be smaller for discrimination (MCB=6B))

It is going to be put in ip67 jb 260x260x100, which is accessible, hence I wanted to put a 3amp fuse to protect in case they change the load. If I could find a unit with a removable fuse in the socket, I could use a much smaller jb.

 

[davesparks]

Just for additional protection, just in case someone changes the load to something more higher in watts in the future.

Higher than what? If it's a lighting circuit it is presumably already protected by a 6A OCPD so that will operate before the socket or wiring is overloaded.

If you intend to try and prevent the whole lighting circuit tripping out if a higher load is plugged in to the socket then you will achieve tjis by conne ting the socket to a power circuit and not a lighting circuit.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

I think the idea is to avoid running a whole new circuit out to the garden for a few watts of PSU. For a few quid you could ditch the plug-in power supply and use a wall-mounted type with a captive mains cable. Wire it into a fused connection unit and then there's no socket to worry about.

 

[radiohead]

Or wire the socket through a 3a fused FCU if you want to use the ELV plug