Install Plug in loft?

[413x]

To start with I'll not be doing this myself.

But is it permitted to install a plug for a low power device (like a mini home server) into the 6A lighting ring?

I ask because obviously this is fairly accessible from a wiring perspective.

To clarify the device is 3A plug fused

 

[200sols]

Permitted yes. Put a 3a fcu before the socket.

 

[413x]

Permitted yes. Put a 3a fcu before the socket.

This is what I've read too

 

[norm]

My house built 2003 came with a double socket spurred off on the lighting ring in the loft.

I think the fact it is fused at 6A at the consumer unit ensures the cables safety but more of a nuisance if you overloaded it and all the lights tripped and went off.

 

[413x]

My house built 2003 came with a double socket spurred off on the lighting ring in the loft.

I think the fact it is fused at 6A at the consumer unit ensures the cables safety but more of a nuisance if you overloaded it and all the lights tripped and went off.

Yeah my CU is almost brand new too. Fully RCA. Besides what I'll be plugging in is super low load. And nothing else will go in

 

[413x]

Electrician is doing this today. Able to spur off a 15A cable as the wires are accessible luckily

 

[bainbridge]

I spurred a 3amp double socket from the lighting radial in our loft to supply power for a TV aerial booster. It's also handy having an extra socket for an led work light if I'm up there doing things away from the loft hatch which has a switched light.

 

[413x]

Ended up with 2 double sockets in the end. Might as well. Better to have too many than too few