Electrician advice - switched FCU hardwired for 2 separate devices???

[AbbieSmith1]

Hi all!

I am looking for electrical advice.

I have an existing switched 13A FCU outside my bathroom that feeds my jacuzzi bath. I want to add an electric heated towel radiator (hard wired) in my bathroom - can I connect this 2nd device to the same switched FCU by just adding these wires into the load neutral/live & earth???

If this is not possible/safe, what options do I have?? - There are no other electrical plug outlets (only light switch) on the walls for the bathroom (walls external to bathroom :)) - so I don't easily have the option of running another fused spur from a different socket.

I will add, the jacuzzi bath is not used, however, I do want to keep it connected for cleaning purposes or 'just in case' :).

Any advice gratefully received before I purchase a radiator I may not have the option to use. Thanks

It's never good practise to run two devices off of one FCU. Especially where the wattage and therefore the fuse protection level required can be so different.

As to suggestions. It depends. if the existing fused outlet is part of the ring then you could add another next to it, and re-configure the cabling to include the new unit into the ring. That way you could have Bothe devices individually protected/controlled

no, don't run two things off of one FCU.

You really need to know if that FCU is on a ring circuit or if it's a spur (probably - or end of a radial). If it has one cable in, and then the one out to the bath then it's a spur, and you'll need another feed in from the ring.

if it has two cables into the input then it's likely a ring, and another one could be inserted into the ring next to it. That's not always the case though, so unless you understand how to test this you need to get someone in to look at it IMO.

Given this is going to be feeding an outlet in a bathroom it's likely to need building regs Part P sign off anyway, so you'll be needing an electrician for that.

Thank you for your advice particularly the building regs bit! I have checked the wiring and it looks to be part of the ring rather than a spur FCU (3 sets of wires) - so it is looking doable to put in a fused spur. I will call my electrician :)