Kitchen fused spurs

[tt4038]

I'm having a new kitchen fitted... I realise it's a good idea to have accessible spurs for my appliances. Thing is I don't want the walls cluttered with spurs. Is there a maximum distance from switch to the appliance, like the idea of having the switches together, like on a grid may be.

Thanks

 

[Adam W]

Yes you can just have a bank of grid switches with sockets under the counter.

 

[tt4038]

Ok, thanks so I can have my bank of grid switches with 20A switches, and then what at the appliance end?

 

[telectrix]

single socket for each appliance. the grid switches are double pole , so in case of a fault, each appliance can be isolated. make sure you use a recognised brand of grid switch.e.g.MK, some of the cheap stuff will burn out in no time.

 

[DaveyD]

some of the cheap stuff will burn out in no time.

NOW you tell me ...

 

[Geordie Spark]

NOW you tell me ...

Oooopppsss !!!

 

[Jamie181191]

so in case of a fault, each appliance can be isolated

Hi I'm just wondering whether it would be an unnecessary chargeable point for the customer when you can isolate the kitchen ring at the DB?
Cheers J

 

[telectrix]

why isolate a whole circuit if you only want to isolate 1 appliance?

 

[Adam W]

Then you'd have to isolate everything, including the freezer. That's assuming the CU is even readily accessible - it could be above the front door, at the back of a cupboard, or under the stairs behind a load of old tins of paint.

Incidentally this thread is nearly 5 years old, which some people seem to object to.

 

[Midwest]

This thread is nearly five years old?

 

[telectrix]

that's 2 that can count. i'm impressed.:26:

 

[Midwest]

that's 2 that can count. i'm impressed.:26:

And 2 that can't tell the time. I'm unimpressed. :17:

 

[Adam W]

that's 2 that can count. i'm impressed.:26:

Personally I don't have a problem with resurrecting old threads if the topic is still relevant, which in this case it is.
I know a lot of members hate it though; there was one moderator who went around jump-starting old threads only to close them down as soon as anyone replied; that seems like a pointless exercise.