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Electrical - spurs and power point

Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 2.55 PM

We are having a kitchen fitted. One integrated freezer larder type and one integrated refrigerator larder type. There are spurs above the worktop. The concern is the connected plug from each appliance will go into a powerpoint on a piece of wood which will sit on the floor freezer on floor in the cupboard next to freezer - refrigerator power point on floor underneath the oven which is next to the refrigerator - there is the appropriate space between oven and refrigerator. Your help would be appreciated. Diane

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4 Answers

Anonymous user

Hello Diane, From the description you're giving is that an isolation accessory such as a switched fused spur off the kitchen ring main is feeding the fridge and freezer. My advice would be to install the socket outlet in an adjacent base unit to the appliances from the supplying spur, to the front side of the base unit wall close to the opening door. this ensures that if the fuse blows in the plug top you still have easy access to the plug to change the fuse. If the socket is behind the integrated appliance you will need to take the whole thing to bits to get to the plug top of the appliance. BIG mistake , Believe if that happens. If a fault occurs to your appliance in a few years time and you have to wreck your plinths etc to get the appliance out, you'll wish you'd have listened to TMB Electrical. All the Best with it, good luck
Answered4 March 2018
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DEACON ELECTRICAL SERVICES

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Grimsby
Sounds a delightful scenario. Did an electrician think this up? Sounds like it’s done by someone who knows a bit but not enough.
Answered5 March 2018
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MWE Services Ltd

Rating: 5 out of 5
Ascot
Socket outlets should be installed so they are accessible. Adjacent unit etc. Isolation points the same. Failing that a flex outlet behind the appliance with the fused isolation point accessible. If a fuse blows you will need easy access to change it
Answered7 March 2018
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Anonymous user

There's very little space for sockets/plug heads at the rear of any appliances these days. If your plinths pop off easily, as most 'off the shelf' kitchens seem to, there'll not be any wrecking to do in the future, then there's no real problem as long as the sockets ain't floating around under the cabinets, but even then, what's spoiling? Kitchen design rarely caters for perfect electrical installations...
Answered9 March 2018
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