Recent content by Garycan

The tugging and flexation through Generel use. This is the basics. Anybody who doesn’t know this shouldn’t even be wiring a plug let alone a plug socket. I remember the last time I installed an electrical cooker. It had a cord grip in the back of it. It gets moved around a lot less than my...

My argument is a simple one. The connection inside the socket is designed to be an electrical connection and is not designed to be the flexation point for the entire cable. These boxes are not designed that way. They do not have chord grips. They are designed to be in a fixed position where they...

John I prefer it if it were attached to the wall and the cable tacked down with an switch on the wall at counter level. That would be the ideal. But as long as it’s safe enough I’m happy. I do know our system is not the most modern but it does have rcds etc but I would still prefer not to rely...

My worry was that as most of these sockets are designed to be fixed and as a result most don’t have cord grips so felxation would happen at the connection. This flexation at the joint over time could for example cause it to loosen which could cause more resistance and therefore heat which could...

D179FF94-4801-47A9-BA34-26F93CF2081F by Garycan posted 13 Sep 2018 at 5:33 PM

I finally got round to having a closer look and took some pictures . It’s not as bad as it seemed at first although still not ideal. I t’s difficult to access as you have to pull the washing machine out. Ideally I’d have it fixed to a wall with a switch at counter level...

As far as I know it’s just the standard white plastic box you’d get attached to a wall with your standard grey three core cable. I will post a photo and post it soon.

I wonder if anyone can help. Under one of our kitchen units we have a plug socket for the washing machine . It is not attached to any walls just lying on the floor with the grey cable coming out of the back trailing across the floor. The landlord was made aware of this who sent out an...