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Can I add a new plug socket in the kitchen by running the cable from a light switch?
I do not want to do the work myself but want to know if that is what an electrician would do to add a socket? And realistically a rough idea of the cost?
All home electrical items require a cable carrying the current ( + or Hot line), and one cable going back to the current source (Common). To be able to turn the light off and on, the hot line is ran through a switch before it is connected to the light socket.
In your light switch box, you have only a +/hot line, you need the common cable if you want to install another wall socket.
Too, all hot lines come from a circuit breaker in your fuse panel.
Each circuit breaker can carry a certain amount of Amperes.
For the lights and wall sockets, normally 16 AMPS. If the number of electrical items you want to use, collectively require more than 16 AMPS of power, you could burn your house down!
So, you cannot just arbitrarily add more sockets to a line.
A waffle iron, toaster, coffee machine and a grill is already too much for one line! Lucky if only the circuit breaker blows, a fire is a reality.
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