Washing Machine Wirring

[hairyhaggis]

This is my first time on these pages so I think it best to give a brief outline of what electrics experiance i have had. In the past i have fitted spurs to ring circuits and relocated exisitng sockets. I am now faced with more of a challage.

The problem!
We have recently moved into a house. The kitchen is quit old and hence we are going to replace it.
The cooker that we are using is gas and plugs into the electric cooker radial socket. This raidal is used only for sparking the gas , this socket also has a spur coming off it power a cooker extractor fan.
The washing machine is located under the sink and is no where near an exisitng power socket, the nerest is about 8ft away and is a spur. The cooker socket is the nerest one. Currently the washing machine is plugged in using an extension cable trailling across the floor.


Solution??
Would it be possible to take a spur from the cooker switch and take it to a socket near the washing machine where the wahing machiene will then be plugged in? I cant see how this will overload the socket/wire as it has only a extractor fan and the 'sparky bit' for the gas cooker to power.
If this is allright to do what thickness of cable should i be using?
If this is not allright to do what other suggestion is their?

 

[paulfree]

i think the washer m/c needs its own fused switched spur.Mount a 2 pole 20 amp fused s/w above the work top,connect this fused s/w into the existing kitchen ring circuit,a single non switched 13 amp outlet is then fed off this to behind the washer m/c.These need to be in such a position as to not get splashed from the sink.better still get a sparks to do it for around 80 quid. nice and safe.

 

[slippyr4]

Mount a 2 pole 20 amp fused s/w

It'd be a bunch more sensible to use a 13 Amp Fused Connection Unit.

 

[Steve]

Or a 20 amp DP switch. Less fuses to blow

 

[JohnD]

One fuse is the ideal number.



(like crafty says)

 

[Steve]

One fuse is the ideal number.

My point exactly.

Hairyhaggis, at risk of sounding daft, Part P now applies to domestic electrical work in England and Wales. Since you haven't selected a location, I have to mention this.