Afternoon all,
Hopefully a relatively easy one for those in the know.
Recently moved into a new house and have set about installing the dishwasher and washing machine. So the washing machine and (new) dishwasher have never been properly plugged in. No idea why or what they did, but I can only assume that they ran an extension lead every time needed to use the washing machine...
There was a blanking plate behind the washing machine so took it off and there's a power lead behind it.
I bought a double plug and fitted it (had to extend it from a single to double) and... No power.
I'm assuming that it comes from one of the switches about the counter. Just a single switch. No label. The switch next to it, is fused and turns off the boiler.
I took it off and tested it with my multimeter and it has power.
However, it has two 'feeds' which I have no idea why. There is a group of cables underneath which weren't connected to the 'load'. I'm assuming that these disconnected wires go down to the plug I've fitted underneath.
I can't really figure out why there would be two lines going into the feed. Is this safe? Should I just keep one set in or both?
Any advice would be appreciated!
Cheers,
Matt
Hopefully a relatively easy one for those in the know.
Recently moved into a new house and have set about installing the dishwasher and washing machine. So the washing machine and (new) dishwasher have never been properly plugged in. No idea why or what they did, but I can only assume that they ran an extension lead every time needed to use the washing machine...
There was a blanking plate behind the washing machine so took it off and there's a power lead behind it.
I bought a double plug and fitted it (had to extend it from a single to double) and... No power.
I'm assuming that it comes from one of the switches about the counter. Just a single switch. No label. The switch next to it, is fused and turns off the boiler.
I took it off and tested it with my multimeter and it has power.
However, it has two 'feeds' which I have no idea why. There is a group of cables underneath which weren't connected to the 'load'. I'm assuming that these disconnected wires go down to the plug I've fitted underneath.
I can't really figure out why there would be two lines going into the feed. Is this safe? Should I just keep one set in or both?
Any advice would be appreciated!
Cheers,
Matt