Filling in old unused socket holes (with wiring)

[drg0nz0]

as murdoch saiys. it is a good idea to put a kitchen on it's own ring final, but there's no "have to do" about it.

Ah ok, thanks.

 

[telectrix]

all your kitchen appliances ( apart from cooking equipment come with a fused plug. that is usually sufficient means of isolation. the purpose of a separate ring final for a kitchen is that the kitchen is generally the heaviest load in the house and so it's favorite to have it on it's own circuit, but not essential.

 

[amlu]

got to find out - if they are dead - are they isolated properly? then chop off the wires and fill the hole with some bonding
if something is live then find out where is powered from, disconnect it properly, fill up.
no earth wire - most likely metal conduits have been used to carry earth.

if you are in east/north london i may be able to help, send me a pm if needed.

 

[drg0nz0]

Someone on another forum had this suggestion: "Were the flats originally built with electric heating? The unused holes might have been for switches or thermostats for that system. In fact that looks very likely as the rounded outline for whatever was fitted on the upper socket (round box) looks like the shape of a 1960s thermostat. That would also match having the live in and switched out, and a single neutral for the thermostat accelerator heater. "