Fixed Ring in Kitchen - Wanted to check my understanding

[valleybilly]

Hi Dave with the greatest respect , If u put fcu's above counter tops it will make the look of your kitchen accessory cluttered for want of a better word & will look totaly naff . Dont do it . The chances of fuses going minimal / Going away so switchin them off Why ? / With respect your over thinking the worst case senario . What if the RCD trip when your away ? Do you have Tropical fish ? hint hint . If you have washer /dishwasher on over night stagger the start times man ! . In reality having an evenly distrabuted load on a ring main is not that realistic in any situation .

 

[davesparks]

Hi Dave with the greatest respect , If u put fcu's above counter tops it will make the look of your kitchen accessory cluttered for want of a better word & will look totaly naff . Dont do it .

It's a functional room, not a work of art!

 

[valleybilly]

work of art
noun
noun: work of art; plural noun: works of art

1. a painting, sculpture, poem, piece of music, or other product , especially one with imaginative or aesthetic appeal.
   • something that is very attractively presented or detailed.
     "even the salad is a work of art" lol

 

[Risteard]

logic being that the 10A should let go well before the 13A in the plug

Unfortunately that "logic" is entirely without merit, though.

 

[charlie76]

the 20A switches will only need to handle the current drawn by 1 appliance, which is fused @ 13A.

What about a fault on the cable between the switch and the plug

 

[Colin33]

I agree with the argument that extra switches above worktop are just un-necessary clutter! Especially for fridges/freezers, what it they're turned off accidentally? Surely a socket located in an adjacent kitchen cabinet is the way, and can simply be spured from a socket on the ring above the worktop. No need for 20A switches or extra fuses and sleepless nights worrying about whether those 20A connections are getting warm....

 

[Midwest]

I do a fair few kitchens, and give my customers the options of DP's above work tops or just sockets in adjacent cupboards, only had one recently who went for DP's.

And when customers are paying thousands for glossy kitchen units, granite or composite work tops, wine bars, freezer draws (you get the picture), they are (to them) works of art. Not to be spoiled by faceplates. I think some of them would do without socket outlets, if it weren't for the need to plug in their juicers or baristas machines.

I got DP switches

 

[Toneyz]

As I have posted before on this subject nearly all the mainstream new house builders have in their specs bank of D.P. grid switches I kept on pointing out to them that these should be located as near as practicably possible to the centre of the kitchen RFC.A lot of it is down to personal taste of the customer As for the ratting of the supply terminals of the D.P. switches this is something only the manufactures & BSI can put to bed.

 

[Paul Taylor]

Use switch grids, and have them dp 20 amp switches, get them engraved. If you can pull out your fridge and freezer I would just have an unswitched socket behind it.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

BS1363 type testing, tests the terminations at 20A.
Single sockets are tested with 14A via the plug and 6A via the terminals at the rear with a total load of 20A on the feed to the socket.
Double sockets are tested with 14A at one socket and 6A on the other.