A Nice Looking Plug

[aveatry]

Why bother with nice plugs when you have filthy sockets?

Lipstick on a pig.

Yeh - guilty, I have let it go because I knew I was going to have a big kitchen refurb, going to swap the for stainless steel ones.
Which brings me back to my point. You can get all manor of nice to your taste sockets - spend a fortune to make it look nice and then you have a nasty 20p plug in it.

 

[RandomGrinch]

stainless steel ones

Now, that is an idea for a plug!

 

[BlueLoo]

Yeh - guilty, I have let it go because I knew I was going to have a big kitchen refurb, going to swap the for stainless steel ones.
Which brings me back to my point. You can get all manor of nice to your taste sockets - spend a fortune to make it look nice and then you have a nasty 20p plug in it.

Protip:

Order n+1 decorative sockets.

When one goes up in smoke because they look nice but they are usually chinese junk, you find yourself scouring the web for a spare!

 

[CBW]

I’m not sure what a socket and fuse is, but what about a fused connection unit and hard wire it in?

 

[EFLImpudence]

You can get all manor of nice to your taste sockets - spend a fortune to make it look nice and then you have a nasty 20p plug in it...

...and holes in the worktop.

 

[ebee]

...and holes in the worktop.

Yes by all means avoid holes in your worktop

 

[ebee]

I’m not sure what a socket and fuse is, but what about a fused connection unit and hard wire it in?

A socket and fuse (a socket say on the wall and a fuse in the plug (a.k.a plugtop) that is plugged into the socket).
If that socket itself is fed from a Switched Fused Connection Unit (commonly, wrongly called a spur) then you would have two fuses inline.
If instead of a SFCU you had a DP (Double Pole) switch it would avoid confusion as to which fuse (plug or SFCU or both) has blown.
If you retain the plug to the appliance on the flex and simply plug it in and the unit (SFCU or DP switch) above the worktop means you can isolate it then if you need to move the appliance out a bit to unplug it then it should be easier than disconnecting the appliance flex from the SFCU

 

[Sureitsoff?]

Look how nice this looks, smooth moulded lines - all the ratings and writing on the inside. Loverly.
There has to be a
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Why cant someone come up with a nice moulded plug with push connectors or something. Like how these work https://www.quickwire.co.uk/product/quickwire-switch-load-junction-box/

I suppose someone will eventually use wago types connectors inside a plug

AFAIK there used to be a plug with tab style connectors for the cables. I might even have one somewhere. I must go and have a look!

 

[ebee]

Hmm, it would not be a total surprise to find such exists

 

[Sureitsoff?]

Found it


the red circle on the bottom is the cover lock, the cover slides up and off, but you can turn it with your finger! and the cables aclamped by the u shaped holders as seen in the last pic. havent got a clue when I got this or where it came from

 

[JohnW2]

Found it
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the red circle on the bottom is the cover lock, the cover slides up and off, but you can turn it with your finger! and the cables aclamped by the u shaped holders as seen in the last pic. havent got a clue when I got this or where it came from

Well, it's certainly 'different'

Kind Regards, John

 

[oceansoul]

If you must have holes in the work top, then why not buy the moulded plug with flex, put flex through the work top then join to the appliance flex (chop off plug) with either inline connector, or some kind of plug/socket (thinking kettle lead/lawn mower connector - earthed).

 

[SUNRAY]

Found it
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the red circle on the bottom is the cover lock, the cover slides up and off, but you can turn it with your finger! and the cables aclamped by the u shaped holders as seen in the last pic. havent got a clue when I got this or where it came from

OMFG I'd completely forgotten about those pieces of p155 poor unreliable and non compliant objet de parc

 

[aveatry]

Found it
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the red circle on the bottom is the cover lock, the cover slides up and off, but you can turn it with your finger! and the cables aclamped by the u shaped holders as seen in the last pic. havent got a clue when I got this or where it came from

Yeh I invented that 1976

 

[aveatry]

If you must have holes in the work top, then why not buy the moulded plug with flex, put flex through the work top then join to the appliance flex (chop off plug) with either inline connector, or some kind of plug/socket (thinking kettle lead/lawn mower connector - earthed).

I don't need to buy the flex as the dishwasher and washing machine already have a nice looking moulded plug on flex.
I do not have room in where they are to fit a fused spur (I know) and a socket under the worktop nor do I have room to fit the same in a nextdoor cabinet.
So would I be allowed to do that then electrical wise. Cut the appliance flex at a point that reaches under the worktop keeping the nice plug and then reconnect the two ends with a 3 pin connector like this