I've just moved into a house and I'm trying to have some improvements made to the kitchen without having to do major work. I intend to get an electrician in to do the work but want to check if what I'm suggesting is viable without having to change much else in the kitchen.
The kitchen has the usual appliances washing machine, fridge freezer, cooker hood and dishwasher which are all plugged into individual single sockets. Each single socket is then conected by a single cable to the grid switch eg, the washing machine socket is connected by a single cable to the washing machine switch on the grid switch. The grid switch is then connected direct to the consumer unit. When you switch the kitchen appliance switch of at the consumer unit all of the appliances are switched of.
What I want to do is to add a wall light into the kitchen next to the units. The kitchen is tiled and I don't really want to have to disturb it. My thinking is that one of the grid switches is for the cooker hood which is then connected by a single cable to the cooker hood socket. Is it possible to add an fcu to the cooker hood socket and then take the light of this? I don't know much about electrics (hence why getting an electician) and I don't know whether this is a ring or radial (but am thinking radial?) r if you can anything to sockets that come of a grid switch when the grid switch is connected separately to 4 sockets. Any thoughts would be helpful???
The kitchen has the usual appliances washing machine, fridge freezer, cooker hood and dishwasher which are all plugged into individual single sockets. Each single socket is then conected by a single cable to the grid switch eg, the washing machine socket is connected by a single cable to the washing machine switch on the grid switch. The grid switch is then connected direct to the consumer unit. When you switch the kitchen appliance switch of at the consumer unit all of the appliances are switched of.
What I want to do is to add a wall light into the kitchen next to the units. The kitchen is tiled and I don't really want to have to disturb it. My thinking is that one of the grid switches is for the cooker hood which is then connected by a single cable to the cooker hood socket. Is it possible to add an fcu to the cooker hood socket and then take the light of this? I don't know much about electrics (hence why getting an electician) and I don't know whether this is a ring or radial (but am thinking radial?) r if you can anything to sockets that come of a grid switch when the grid switch is connected separately to 4 sockets. Any thoughts would be helpful???