Connecting Electric Socket to Fuse Box: Extension Cord Solution for Modem & Router Placement

I have a problem with the lack of an electric socket in a place where I would like to have such a socket. In general, the point is that an Internet installer comes to me and will assemble the modem. After that, the Internet will be wirelessly distributed around the apartment via a router. I want to have as few cables as possible in my apartment, so I plan to place these two devices on the shelf above the front door. The problem is, they both require power, and I don't have a power outlet.
Next to the shelf (20 cm further) there is a fuse box. The installation is new (3 years ago), but I don't know how exactly the wires come out of the box. Besides, I would like to avoid forging in the wall.
And here's my question:
Can I buy an extension cord, cut the plug and hire an electrician to connect this extension cord to the box? The box has holes at the bottom, through which such a cable could be released from it, but the question is is it safe? If so, is it possible to connect such an additional wire to the fuse that is already in the box, or do you need to add a new fuse specifically to this socket-extension cord?

You can connect such an extension cord to one of the fuses, or install a surface-mounted socket (double) in both boxes and connect the receivers to it.

Buddy, there are brand new sockets mounted on a TH rail to the switchboard, I think that the router has 1m of cable, the only question is whether you will not see an open fuse box because the power supply will not allow it to close

My colleague, the choice of the switchgear above the door is already a miss and surrounding it with additional gadgets is not a step in the right direction.
If the installation is new, why has no one provided space and cabling for the router and modem. The problem is not the lack of a socket or connecting an extension cord. Nobody in their right mind will accept your ideas. Errors need to be fixed and not made again.

Tatrzanska7a wrote:

I have a problem and here is my question:
Can I buy an extension cord, cut the plug and hire an electrician to connect this extension cord to the box?

First, call an electrician who will assess the situation and decide what to do.

I do not see a problem. It is enough to add the appropriate protection in the switchgear so that the router is on a separate circuit and you can connect it. However, instead of a "cut" extension cord, I would use a surface-mounted cable strip + surface-mounted socket, everything will be nice, aesthetically and the cable will be protected against mechanical damage (it will be relatively cheap and without forging). Of course, this must be done by a licensed electrician.

jann111 wrote:

My colleague, the choice of the switchgear above the door is already a miss and surrounding it with additional gadgets is not a step in the right direction.
If the installation is new, why no one has provided space and cabling for the router and modem. The problem is not the lack of a socket or connecting an extension cord. Nobody in their right mind will accept your ideas. Errors need to be corrected and not made again. Look for a better location for this modem.

Is it not an exaggeration? After all, the router is not a huge load, and the switchgear must already be where it is. It's probably looking for the problem by force.

jann111 wrote:

If the installation is new, why has no one provided space and cabling for the router and modem.

I will answer the question with a question: Why did no one remove Hitler from power before World War II broke out?

jann111 wrote:

Author, the choice of the switchgear above the door is already missed

Technically speaking, it is not above the door, but beside and above it. There were probably plugs of an old installation. An electrician did it, but what an expert is probably an opinion. I don't know much about it, but why is it not a good place for a mailbox? My friend bought a new apartment and also has a box next to the front door. It is true that a bit lower, but does it make such a difference?

Tatrzanska7a wrote:

I will answer the question with a question: Why did no one remove Hitler from power before World War II broke out?

Because Mr. Adolf was in direct command of the army and the generals, making wrong decisions because he had no military experience. If the command was taken over by the generals, it would not be interesting because they knew what they were doing. An example of this is the erroneous decision to stop the vermacht over Dunkirk, and the defeats on the eastern front, etc. Besides, no one thought that a country so economically poor after WW1 would rebuild its power in 5 years of adolf's rule.

This is not a Historical forum, the plugs are in fault and there are fuses and protections in the switchgear and installation.

I think that all your questions and problems will be answered by an electrician who will see where the switchboard is in the house and how best to do it, for an electrician it is not much work and talking on the forum and writing hell.

Tatrzanska7a wrote:

An electrician did it, but what an expert is probably an opinion. I don't know much about it, but why is it not a good place for a mailbox? My friend bought a new apartment and also has a box next to the front door. It is true that a bit lower, but does it make such a difference?

Since you ask.
I do not care what the "experts" have to say about the switchgear or the hints on this topic accepting such implementation.
There is one standard. The switchgear should be mounted at a height so that the devices installed in it are available within easy reach.
The hands of a young, healthy person, but also an old man who can barely move around the apartment while alone, not to mention a disabled person in a wheelchair. Think about what can happen in an emergency and what it means. If you don't guess, keep asking.

I agree, but the topic was not about the location of the switchgear, but about connecting the load with a power of max. 10 W, and for this you do not need to change the location of the switchboard or ripping the walls. For a good electrician with tools, it is some max. 3 hours of work and the socket for the router should be "as painted". So much for the topic.

hello, I allowed myself to dig out the topic, because I have a similar problem.
however, I will not use professional terminology because I am not an electrician.

the thing is that I have to connect the router to an electrical outlet, but I have a telecommunications outlet quite far from it (located in turn very close to the switchboard).
tk's socket fitters advised me to "set up the socket" directly from the box and the problem will be solved (assuring me that it is very easy). However, when asking friends of builders who had contact with it, they said that without an electrician and about PLN 100 will not happen. can anyone confirm this info?

king_bux wrote:

without an electrician and about PLN 100 will not happen. can anyone confirm this info?

Installation work in the field of electrical installations may only be performed by a person with a valid qualification certificate authorizing him to work at the assembly station. How much he'll take for the job is a matter of the deal - there is a free market on that. After the work is completed, measurements should also be made and an appropriate protocol should be prepared.

Buddy, I see that you probably have a fuse box in a cabinet or a router for a surface-mounted socket will come in there, maybe a place could be found because I can see that the rail socket will not go into the box. But as you wrote yourself that you do not know electricity, it is probably better to call an electrician. For the safety of yourself and your loved ones.

You can pull the surface-mounted troughs. from one of the circuits, it would be nice to power it via B6 for example - as a separate circuit for the router.

When someone comes to do this, ask them to sort out this switchboard by the way.

PS: from what I know, it is not a good idea to install the router in the vicinity of the source of a greater magnetic field. especially with wireless Internet transmission.