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Legality of Electric Oven fused to singular socket shared with Washing machine?

Anonymous user 15/03/2024 - 2.45 PM

Hello, I am in a private let and the electric oven is fused to a singular socket above the worktop. It also shares this singular switch with the washing machine. I've been advised by letting agent I can't have a washing on at the same time as the oven as it will trip. I can't actually wash clothes during the day as it's so expensive, whole house is heatedvia electric heaters. So it's like in the evening it's a toss up between cooking dinner or washing clothes. My question is, is this dangerous and does it comply with rules and regulations? A friend said it was dangerous. I asked the letting agent to change it to a double socket fuse switch and was told they couldn't do it it was too big a job. They would have to take the whole worktop off. 🙄🤔

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DEACON ELECTRICAL SERVICES

Rating: 5 out of 5
Grimsby
Sounds like a typical let bodge situation. Putting a twin socket on it would not solve it, it would just get hot and burn out if both appliances are used together. Your landlord /agent owes you a duty of care where electricity and gas living conditions etc are concerned. The oven needs to be on a separate circuit, that would relieve the existing circuit of the load, do not be tempted to use an adaptor in the socket. I have known certain tenants to call the local council and they have sorted it. But you can proceed how you see fit. It sounds a horror situation for you, but don’t give up. Get on to the agents and tell them to get it sorted within a specified time. If they don’t do anything or fob you off, take it further. Good luck.
Answered23 January 2019
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Homes by the Sea

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St Columb
Totally agree with Deacon Electrical...bodge. Cooker should be a 'designated circuit' ie a circuit that only powers the cooker. If it was a 6mm cable supplying a combined cooker outlet and plug socket, with allowable diversity it would be ok....just, but this sounds like it's a cooker plugged into a standard ring circuit and expected to handle a washing machine e as well...no chance. Tell them you want it sorted so it's safe. Complain to letting agent and if no joy then Citizens Advice.
Answered24 January 2019
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