Hi
Just having a new kitchen fitted and builder has noticed that the kitchen electrics are set up radially rather than on a ring. He has said we should have the kitchen rewired and thats going to be £600 (we live in home counties so its a case of think of a number and add some noughts in this part of the country).
The other solution he has suggested is that we have our main circuit breaker downgraded from 32 to 20 amps, but has told us that whenever the kettle and another appliance are switched on at the same time the fuse in the main board will definitely trip.
We have asked to have the 20 amp breaker installed so we can actually see this constant tripping happening.
Obviously if it does keep tripping we will need the rewire. Or there is a third option - get the 20 amp breaker fitted to keep the electrician happy and then switch it back to the old 32 amp one ourselves when he's gone as our kitchen has worked fine for the 10 years we've lived here and im thinking this is just a case of excessive health and safety? How easy is it to fit a different breaker?
£600 is a lot of money on top of our already escalating costs.
Thanks
Just having a new kitchen fitted and builder has noticed that the kitchen electrics are set up radially rather than on a ring. He has said we should have the kitchen rewired and thats going to be £600 (we live in home counties so its a case of think of a number and add some noughts in this part of the country).
The other solution he has suggested is that we have our main circuit breaker downgraded from 32 to 20 amps, but has told us that whenever the kettle and another appliance are switched on at the same time the fuse in the main board will definitely trip.
We have asked to have the 20 amp breaker installed so we can actually see this constant tripping happening.
Obviously if it does keep tripping we will need the rewire. Or there is a third option - get the 20 amp breaker fitted to keep the electrician happy and then switch it back to the old 32 amp one ourselves when he's gone as our kitchen has worked fine for the 10 years we've lived here and im thinking this is just a case of excessive health and safety? How easy is it to fit a different breaker?
£600 is a lot of money on top of our already escalating costs.
Thanks