Kitchen wiring in a potentially flooding (again) house

[Darkhorseciara]

Just planning the re-organisation of my kitchen after flooding (luckily only about 30cm this time). Intending to do the wiring myself (17th edition but no part P yet), this will not involve any new circuits, just re-arranging what is already there. So, the questions:

Separate oven and hob, which I would like to be separated by about 2.5 metres (due to the geography of the kitchen). Is there a maximum distance that one of them can be from the switch, and do I wire both from the same connection unit, or put in two connection units wired to the same switch?

Fridge/Freezer and Washing Machine/Dishwasher will need sockets under the worktop, planning to do each with a double socket on a switch fused spur (which will be well above worktop height, as are all the other fittings (except earlier mentioned cooker connection), this will allow these sockets to be disconnected if water starts to look like reaching them. OK?

The rest of the sockets, at least 300mm from either sink or hob?

Should we have another 2007 it all becomes rather academic, but the highest the water has reached apart from this is about 60cm!

Any advice gratefully received!

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

I assume all wiring drops from the ceiling, not rises from the floor?

Recommended max distance from cookers to switch is 2 metres.

 

[telectrix]

put the under wortop sockets as high as possible. use 2 CCU's from the 1 switch. if it's over 2m from 1 or both appliances, it's OK. the 2m is only a guide.

 

[Guitarist]

You may not be adding new circuits in your kitchen, but your "rearranging" will no doubt involve new cabling of different routing and lengths to the original. Is this the case?

 

[valleybilly]

Unless your on a TT system isolation of cooker/hob can be at CU & 1 radial can supply both

 

[Darkhorseciara]

I assume all wiring drops from the ceiling, not rises from the floor?

Recommended max distance from cookers to switch is 2 metres.

Wiring does indeed come downwards! Looks like I site the cooker switch midway between the two. Many thanks

 

[Darkhorseciara]

put the under wortop sockets as high as possible. use 2 CCU's from the 1 switch. if it's over 2m from 1 or both appliances, it's OK. the 2m is only a guide.

Thank you, will do!

 

[Darkhorseciara]

You may not be adding new circuits in your kitchen, but your "rearranging" will no doubt involve new cabling of different routing and lengths to the original. Is this the case?

Routing will be very similar, but sockets in slightly different places, (and slightly higher)

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Unless your on a TT system isolation of cooker/hob can be at CU & 1 radial can supply both

I am on a TT system!