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Our new washing machine came with a power cable that is not long enough to reach the power socket which has been installed under the kitchen sink (that's where it was when we first moved in.)

I called Indesit and they told me they come like that because regulations state that the power socket should be directly behind the appliance.

What's the best thing to do? Is there a cheap but safe/legal solution where I wouldn't have to get a new power socket installed behind the washing machine?
 
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Cutting a plug off does not invalidate your statutory warranty. Amy company trying this argument is in the wrong.

And one thing to consider - if the plug on a £1000 fridge freezer gets damaged, do you just scrap the whole thing. No, you fit a replacement plug. Same if you need to thread a cable through a drilled hole.

Get a grip.
 
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ChrisElectrical88 said:
OP hasnt responded yet, i hope he wasnt home alone with his choc blocks.
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and his trusted screw driver.....
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satori said:
You seriously perform a PAT on a washing machine? While agree they can be moved, they aren't, in the strictest sense, portable appliances.
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Seeing as PATis no longer the correct phraseology, its Now In service Testing and Inspection of Electrical Equipment ISTIEE it doesn't have to be portable to be tested, Portable, Transportable,fixed are all now considered testable, you might want to read the CoP.
 
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satori said:
You seriously perform a PAT on a washing machine? While agree they can be moved, they aren't, in the strictest sense, portable appliances.
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not relevant. the term PAT test is a misnomer. just to dumb it down for the uneducated. ISITEE covers all appliances connected to an installation by means of a plug/socket or FCU. see ISITEE code of practice. you'll see from the first page a pic of hungry washing machines just waiting to be tested.
https://docs-emea.rs-online.com/webdocs/11d1/0900766b811d1baa.pdf
 
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Pete999 said:
Seeing as PATis no longer the correct phraseology, its Now In service Testing and Inspection of Electrical Equipment ISTIEE it doesn't have to be portable to be tested, Portable, Transportable,fixed are all now considered testable, you might want to read the CoP.
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Bloody hell, you go away for five minutes and everything has changed!
 
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Pete999 said:
Seeing as PATis no longer the correct phraseology, its Now In service Testing and Inspection of Electrical Equipment ISTIEE it doesn't have to be portable to be tested, Portable, Transportable,fixed are all now considered testable, you might want to read the CoP.
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Can't see how this can be old, as the poster obviously wasn't aware of ISTIEE,not his fault, I was just letting him know, so "OLD" nah mate not old, Anthonybragg. Just to let you know Anthony is a friend of mine, or should I say, was, just joking Ant
 
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telectrix said:
not relevant. the term PAT test is a misnomer. just to dumb it down for the uneducated. ISITEE covers all appliances connected to an installation by means of a plug/socket or FCU. see ISITEE code of practice. you'll see from the first page a pic of hungry washing machines just waiting to be tested.
https://docs-emea.rs-online.com/webdocs/11d1/0900766b811d1baa.pdf
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I see you didn't get an OLD tag Tel couldn't have been that far behind me in posting, reckon anthonybragg must have it in for me, what do you think?
 
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