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    PAT Testing For Domestic Appliances In Residential Property

    Hi I know the rules for business premises, but how often do I need to test appliances in a residential property? I've decided to let out my flat and need to know.... Ta :)
  2. T

    Integrated appliances

    Hi guys, Something me and a friend disagree on What is the defination of an integrated appliance. Is it an appliance that sits in a hole under a worktop or to be 'integrated' does it have to be fixed to the worktop and ajoining cupboards? Or do both mean it is integrated? The question came...
  3. N

    Domestic appliances

    Any guys do service/repairs on dishwashers,washing machines etc. If so is there any money in it....Just thinking about it....Is there courses you can do in it.I'm a spark but wouldn't know much about them.......... Thanks in advance
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    kitchen appliances and ways to isolate

    hi, after some advice re isolation for under the counter kitchen sockets for appliances such as built in washing machines,dish washers,freezers ect. wondering what methods people use. currently i am instaling a switch fused spur adjacent to a local double socket and spuring down to unswitched...
  5. N

    wiring Kitchen appliances.

    Hi all, A builder friend of mine asked me if all large kitchen appliances ( ie dishwasher , fridge ect ) have to be run off a fused switch spur. He said an electrician he has used insisted that he cut the plugs off the new appliances and wire them in directly to the fused switch. I told him I...
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    Sockets supplying appliances in kitchens. Do they HAVe to be remotley swithced??

    Gents (and ladies of course). I have a new ring final to put in for my daughter in a new flat this weekend ( doing it through LABC of course.. £100 for the privilage too!). The existing ring final serves the whole downstairs and overloads when she has everyting plugged in/turned on (new baby...
  7. Dean Williams

    EICR Limitations

    Just had a meeting today with Peter Lee Williams, NICEIC assessor for my promotion to QS. amongst other things he said that one of the limitations for eicr's should be that portable appliances have not been tested. just wondering what everyone's thoughts are. I thought it was unnecessary.
  8. J

    Why did my battery and inverter blow the fuses of my appliances?

    Hi there, I'm new here. This will become obvious. Today my band and I intended to go busking with our new battery and inverter, which we used to plug our keyboard and amplifier into using a dual extension cable. Within 2 minutes of playing the keyboard stopped turning on, and after 4 mins, the...
    • joebobaggins
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    • appliances battery fuse fuses inverter
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Kitchen appliances

    Hi, I am in the process of a kitchen rewire. The kitchen is fully integrated and my interpretation of the regs is that all appliances should have accessible means of isolation. Does this mean that all switches have to be mounted at counter level or can they be concealed i.e inside or above...
  10. R

    Trailing Sockets for Kitchen Appliances

    Firstly, I'm not an electrician - I've also not been on the forum for a while but I did receive a lot of helpful advice whilst rewiring my own home earlier in the year (and yes, it's now complete - my slightly esoteric lighting control system excluded ;)) Anyway, my neighbour (who has no...
    • rsmck
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    • appliances cupboard kitchen means socket sockets trailing
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  11. S

    mk grid for kitchen appliances? ways to wire?

    going to install an mk grid system (6 way) for a kitchen. The kitchen has 4 double sockets, 2 ovens, fridge, fridge/freezer, dishwasher and an extractor. What are peoples opinions on best way to wire this? Would you have a seperate circuit for the grid, looping the feeds at the back of the...
  12. S

    Integral Appliances

    Hi all Integral kitchen appliances such as dishwashers etc, what is the easiest way to test them? is there an easy way of getting to the plug or is it a case of removing half the kitchen in order to access the plug?? Haven't done one yet hence why I ask, but I know for a fact we have them in...
  13. J

    Hob and Oven. Single circuit or split?

    On a new kitchen install the oven and hob are not specified yet and are therefore unknown to check MI. Most likely it will be a built under double oven, and a standard 4 ring ceramic hob. Is it beneficial to install separate circuits to oven and hob, or a single cable to isolator, and dual...
    • jase31
    • Thread
    • appliances circuit hob kitchen oven plate single split
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Kitchen circuits diversity - load splitting

    What design loading should be assumed for a kitchen. Washers/Dryers are easier to consider, but someone may decide to boil the kettle, whilst making toast, and putting on a combination oven/microwave at the same time, so should a lower diversity be applied to kitchen circuit than standard. I...
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    Kitchen appliances

    I have recently moved into a new house the layout is one ring feeding all sockets including kitchen but the also see A to be two dedicated fused switches that seem to run back to the CU on ther own fuses one feeds a switched fuse for washing maching the other is labeled fridge it's a switched...
    • Eddielee
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    • appliances aus kitchen
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Australia
  16. O

    New 4kv installation tommorow

    Hi All, Has anybody got any advice on using electrical appliances during the day with a 4kv system. Is it possible to automate any appliances either via timeswitches or the Sunnyboy inverter. Any advice would be appreciated. Orty
  17. K

    ceramic hob and oven installation.

    I'm repacing a free standing cooker with a ceramic hob and separate oven. I already have a control switch and 1 oulet box. Is it good practice to have 2 separate outlet boxes, separately spurred from the switch, or wired in series? Or can i connect the two appliances from the same outlet box...
    • klunk
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    • appliances aus ceramic cheers circuit hob installation outlet oven switch
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Australia
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    kitchen cooking appliances cable size

    Hi just about to have a oven 3.6kw,combi microwave 3.6kw,hob 6.6kw fitted,the electrician is splitting the original 6mm cable to seperate isolation points for these appliances,my doubt is ,is this cable big enough electrician assures me if the diversty is taken into consideration the cable is...
    • bluecallum
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    • appliances aus cable cable size cooking kitchen size
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Australia
  19. B

    "electric shocks off kitchen appliances"...

    Had a text from a customer I did some work for last November. Message was that both the lady and her husband have had slight electrical shocks from "metal bits" in her kitchen. I asked "what metal bits?" and they responded by saying the dishwasher, oven and hob etc. The oven is on its own...
    • Boberto
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    • appliances aus electric electrical kitchen off
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Australia
  20. V

    cable layout for kitchen appliances

    hey all after a bit of advice doing some diagrams for kitchen layout for intergrated fridge freezer and intergrated washing machine just seeing if my diagram was correct. Any advice will be appreciated many thanks.
    • voltage
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    • appliances aus cable kitchen layout
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Australia

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