kitchen rewire

[Dalf]

Don't do a lot of domestic myself but am rewiring my kitchen.
I don't really want a load of fused spurs above the work tops so looking at what ppl do usually when the same has been required?
Is it just sockets low down at the back of units or grid switching?

Thanks

 

[Octopus]

IMHO don't put sockets behind anything unless you can move it with one hand.

Sockets in adjacent cupboards or isolation switches above.

Personally I don't like grid switches for fixed goods as lots of 2.5 cables can easily clutter up the back box.

 

[electrician4u]

don't forget it's notifiable work so unless ur qualified and registered or contact your local authority first (who will charge you) you shouldn't be doing the work. why would you think it's grid switching down below?that makes no sense.1 fused spur or isolation switch feeds 1, usually unswitched socket which the appliance plugs into

 

[Octopus]

don't forget it's notifiable work so unless ur qualified and registered or contact your local authority first (who will charge you) you shouldn't be doing the work. why would you think it's grid switching down below?that makes no sense.1 fused spur or isolation switch feeds 1, usually unswitched socket which the appliance plugs into

Really??

 

[electrician4u]

yes, really

 

[RichardMoore]

I like having a ring for the sockets on the work top then I will wire an appliance circuit in 4mm feed to a 45amp ISO on work top then load side out to all the appliance outlet then they can all be isolated from one Piont. If there is an existing 6mm in use that if it not being used for anything else!

 

[dave274]

if there are any new circuits then its notifiable otherwise its not.

 

[ackbarthestar]

I'd go EU - looks good and easy for fault finding as well as inspection and testing.
that is:
10mm2 sub main from main board feeding a Kitchen ccu
Conduits buried down the wall.
Radials on B16A to pairs of sockets and individual appliances
Lights on one or two B6A

 

[Kate]

Grid switch

 

[telectrix]

grid for pouring your tea leaves and smoke ends down.

 

[D Skelton]

so unless ur qualified

By 'qualified' do you mean 'completed a Electrical Trainee domestic installer course'? Correct me if I'm wrong but judging by some of your latest posts I would hazard a guess as to this being your entry in to the trade. I only mention this because it would seem that even though the OP stated that he doesn't really carry out domestic electrical installation work, you have taken this to mean that he is not qualified (I'm guessing because domestic work is all you are used to)?? I however would take this to mean that he is qualified but works mainly in the commercial field.

My personal assumptuion is that the guy is more than competent to do what he is doing in his OWN kitchen and is purely looking for asthetic advice rather than electrical advice, therefore my suggestion is that giving out that asthetic advice based on your 'extensive experience' in the domestic field would be far more helpful than teaching a perfectly competent and more qualified man how to suck eggs.

 

[DPG]

don't forget it's notifiable work so unless ur qualified and registered or contact your local authority first (who will charge you) you shouldn't be doing the work. why would you think it's grid switching down below?that makes no sense.1 fused spur or isolation switch feeds 1, usually unswitched socket which the appliance plugs into

Why does using grid switches for under-worktop socket isolation make no sense? Daz

 

[Octopus]

yes, really

Only if they are new circuits. Seems you need to brush up on Part P too.

 

[Knobhead]

By 'qualified' do you mean 'completed a Electrical Trainee domestic installer course'? Correct me if I'm wrong but judging by some of your latest posts I would hazard a guess as to this being your entry in to the trade. I only mention this because it would seem that even though the OP stated that he doesn't really carry out domestic electrical installation work, you have taken this to mean that he is not qualified (I'm guessing because domestic work is all you are used to)?? I however would take this to mean that he is qualified but works mainly in the commercial field.

My personal assumptuion is that the guy is more than competent to do what he is doing in his OWN kitchen and is purely looking for asthetic advice rather than electrical advice, therefore my suggestion is that giving out that asthetic advice based on your 'extensive experience' in the domestic field would be far more helpful than teaching a perfectly competent and more qualified man how to suck eggs.

Most of the OP's post are domestic related and seem to point to work for customers.

 

[ackbarthestar]

Grid switch

I like the idea of grid switches for local isolation but there might be problems when terminating rfcs across the input terminals as the switches are only rated for 20A. Besides this, have you ever tried to fit a 3 ganged grid switch into a 25mm backing box with all its incumbent cables ?