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From what I can gather, these grid switches can be crap. Burnt out, poor quality etc. is a common topic I'm picking up here. So, which companies to avoid etc.?
My fixer-upper house falls under the regs of new build and thus I need to isolate hidden appliances. In the kitchen, I was going to put two grid switches - one for the cooker/hob/extract, and one for Dishw and fridge. This is a logistics thing and a plan to avoid crammed-up wiring in a deep back box. The cooking area is 7 metres away from the "Wet" area of kitchen. All appliances 13 amp plugged.
The utility room is not part of the kitchen, other corner of the house in fact. It will have its own ring back to the consumer unit (I have the space and time to do this). None of the appliances in there will be built-in (Fridge, fridge/freezer, tumble drier, washing machine) but they will be under a worktop and the plug tops not accessible. So, I was going to put a Grid switch in, to perform the isolation function. But, on that ring, there will only be 1, maybe 2 sockets above worktop which will only be used rarely. So this circuit is essentially 4 spurred appliances and one socket. Is that OK? I could of course put an isolation switch above the worktop for each appliance but the grids look neater.
Comments?
My fixer-upper house falls under the regs of new build and thus I need to isolate hidden appliances. In the kitchen, I was going to put two grid switches - one for the cooker/hob/extract, and one for Dishw and fridge. This is a logistics thing and a plan to avoid crammed-up wiring in a deep back box. The cooking area is 7 metres away from the "Wet" area of kitchen. All appliances 13 amp plugged.
The utility room is not part of the kitchen, other corner of the house in fact. It will have its own ring back to the consumer unit (I have the space and time to do this). None of the appliances in there will be built-in (Fridge, fridge/freezer, tumble drier, washing machine) but they will be under a worktop and the plug tops not accessible. So, I was going to put a Grid switch in, to perform the isolation function. But, on that ring, there will only be 1, maybe 2 sockets above worktop which will only be used rarely. So this circuit is essentially 4 spurred appliances and one socket. Is that OK? I could of course put an isolation switch above the worktop for each appliance but the grids look neater.
Comments?