Extension of Washing Machine Power Cable

[John White]

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?

 

[DPG]

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.

 

[Pete999]

Try telling that to my friend's father, Mr Hutton, because the exact same thing happened to him, not with a washing machine, but a fridge freezer.
...absurd maybe but true!

Weren't you in "Top Gun" Jester?

 

[Pete999]

Try telling that to my friend's father, Mr Hutton, because the exact same thing happened to him, not with a washing machine, but a fridge freezer.
...absurd maybe but true!

Weren't you in "Top Gun" Jester?

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

If you get a spark in to shift the sockets, get him to give your new hob and cooker a once over. OP hasnt responded yet, i hope he wasnt home alone with his choc blocks.

 

[Spoon]

OP hasnt responded yet, i hope he wasnt home alone with his choc blocks.

and his trusted screw driver.....

 

[John White]

I'd extend the lead using at least the same size and type of 3 core flex and something like this. View attachment 45993

What is this part called exactly?

 

[Pete999]

What is this part called exactly?

In line cable connector, or similar

 

[Dave OCD]

Yes that's about right Pete, the type I've used mostly are branded 'Teetube' I think, they're also IP66 rated so no worries behind a washing machine for example.

 

[satori]

Behind an appliance isn’t best nowadays. Adjacent cupboards are better.
It makes PAT testing easier if you can get to the plug of the appliance.

You seriously perform a PAT on a washing machine? While agree they can be moved, they aren't, in the strictest sense, portable appliances.

 

[Pete999]

You seriously perform a PAT on a washing machine? While agree they can be moved, they aren't, in the strictest sense, portable appliances.

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.

 

[telectrix]

You seriously perform a PAT on a washing machine? While agree they can be moved, they aren't, in the strictest sense, portable appliances.

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

 

[telectrix]

awwwww. just beaten by my fellow coffin dodger.

 

[satori]

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.

Bloody hell, you go away for five minutes and everything has changed!

 

[Pete999]

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.

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

 

[Pete999]

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

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?