appliances

  1. 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
    • Thread
    • appliances aus ceramic cheers circuit hob installation outlet oven switch
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Australia
  2. B

    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
    • Thread
    • appliances aus cable cable size cooking kitchen size
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Australia
  3. 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
    • Thread
    • appliances aus electric electrical kitchen off
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Australia
  4. 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
    • Thread
    • appliances aus cable kitchen layout
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Australia
  5. La Poste

    Type B or C RCBO

    Greetings. Friend of mine has a fridge freezer and a standing freezer that need RCBO protection. Both these appliances run off the same socket which is a separate radial so easy to protect as it will only be these two items on this one particular circuit. I am not sure of the starting current...
    • La Poste
    • Thread
    • appliances aus freezer protection rcbo these type b
    • Replies: 42
    • Forum: Australia
  6. P

    R1&R2 and Insulation Resistance Test with fixed appliances

    Can anyone help me, I've been asked to do an inspection on a property that is on a single 32A ring, including the kitchen. The appliances are all integrated and aren't spurs. Is there a way to perform the test with these appliances in place? Thanks!
  7. K

    Another query about fixed appliances

    Further to the recent post about testing fixed wired appliances, I found the replies helpful, but would appreciate if someone would be able to give a definitive answer on one particular point.I am quite confident in disconnecting the wiring from the fused socket and inserting the flex into a...
  8. K

    20amp or 13amp switches??

    Hello, I'm just having a debate with one o my fellow work colleagues, when you go to fit out a kitchen do you use 13amp or 20 amp switches for your fixed appliances e.g fridges, freezers, washin machines etc ?
    • Kev2632
    • Thread
    • appliance appliances aus below switch switches
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Australia
  9. Goody

    Washing machine trips the circuit.

    Customer rang to say his washing machine trips the circuit in the middle of the cycle. He said, it ran for a while and stopped. Enquired on the phone and it looked like it only tripped the MCB and the RCD stayed on. It's on a radial circuit with 16A MCB. Could someone shed some light on this...
  10. J

    Integrated appliances - remote switch above worktop, or socket in adjacent cabinet

    How do others connect integrated appliances. By a FCU above the worktop controlling a remote socket below, a bank of FCU, or 13a socket in adjacent cupboard to allow appliance to be plugged in? OSG states that Kitchen Appliances built into kitchen furniture (intergrated appliances) should be...
    • jase31
    • Thread
    • appliances aus cabinet electrical work remote socket switch worktop
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Australia
  11. B

    Smart Control of appliances with Solar PV & Bluetooth

    :cool4: Does anyone have any experiences (or know of any websites - I've drawn a blank) - about using the bluetooth data available from some inverters (mine is a Sunny Boy 4000TL with a 3.9kw system) to make semi intelligent decisions to control x 10 modules and turn on home appliances, such as...
  12. I

    What regs for building electrical appliances!

    Hi, I am a trained sparky, so use BS7671 as my rulebook, but a new job has me confused. We build commercial ovens, where do I get the regs on how to wire them? I know this is a bit of a specific question, but trust me I have done a TON of research and am no further forwards! So to clarriy...
  13. M

    kitchen appliances

    Hi i know this might sound silly but i guess if you don't know then the best thing is to ask. I was wondering about distances and hights of kitchen points, i usually put the high level points 150mm above work top and low level ones around 600mm from the finished floor level. The closest I put...
  14. J

    Double pole. Kitchen installation with appliances.

    Hi there. Just looking for a bit of advice, I recently carried out an electrical installation within a kitchen, I never installed any new cables just repositioned the existing cabling. I used two switched spurs to switch a under shelf fridge and freezer fed from an existing ring circuit...
    • Jktelectrical01
    • Thread
    • appliances aus connection double installation kitchen pole spurs switch switched
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Australia
  15. R

    Kitchen Ring earth fault?

    Hi guys, Customer woke up this morning with the Main switch/RCD tripped. He narrowed the problem down to the kitcken ring so He unplugged all the counter top appliances and switched all the big under counter appliances off at the switches. I got there and turned the mcb on then plugged the...
    • Ross1
    • Thread
    • appliances aus earth fault first kitchen loads plugged problem ring
    • Replies: 42
    • Forum: Australia
  16. R

    Domestic Kitchen Advice

    We are installing a new kitchen with the following cooking appliances - Combination Microwave rated at 3.2kW, Oven rated at 3.55kW and Hob rated at 7.2kW making a total of around 60A! The plan was to supply both the oven and hob from a 45A cooker connection unit with a DP isolator protected...
  17. grimysparks80

    Grimysparkette needs help with RCBO tripping

    Hi guys. Had a callout a couple of weeks ago. 32aRCBO trips every 6 to 7 days. After doing insulation resistance, R1 R2,earth loop ect, and not finding anything i decided it was faulty and replaced. Its still tripping out. The customer has marked it on the calendar every time its gone. Usually...
    • grimysparks80
    • Thread
    • anything appliances aus circuit help needs rcbo tripping
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Australia
  18. E

    .75mm flex cables.IEC. 13 amp fuse.

    When carrying out the visual , there are a lot of these cables fitted with 13 amp 1652 fuses. Is the reason for this due to start up currents of appliances??. .75 is good for around 6 amps i believe so 13 amp will not protect cable from overload. I guess the appliance would have some kind of...
  19. M

    RCD Tripping Advice needed.

    Hi all, My sister has recently moved into a new property and is having problems with the RCD tripping (Centre one in below photo) when certain kitchen appliances are running, commonly the washing machine and dishwasher. It can also trip if I unplug the dishwasher whilst the washing machine is...
    • Mathew Acreman
    • Thread
    • advice appliances earth leakage needed rcd rcd tripping tripping
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Talk Electrician
  20. S

    HELP !! with Insulation resistance test on ring and lighting circuit

    just trying to builded up my confidence, am going to do an insulation resistance test on my ring and the lighting cicuit, but on the ring their are build-in appliances eg. fridge,wash machine,hob and electric heater that cant pluged out. and the light their are two dimmer and 14 spotlight,how s...
    • soar
    • Thread
    • appliances circuit help insulation insulation resistance insulation resistance test lighting lighting circuit method other resistance ring test their voltage
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Periodic Inspection Reporting & Certification

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