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AJM
i am having a new fridge freezer delivered tommorow, there was originally an intergrated unit fitted into this hole, we are now just having a stand alone unit.
the single socket you can see was a double switched socket, spurred off a single on the ring the other side of the wall (on the left), i have replaced the double for a single non switched, which i will be plugging the fridge into, and the single on the ring which feeds this i have changed to a 13a fused switch as so
this way i will be able to remove power from the fridge easy, as i won't be able to reach the plug when the fridge is pushed in.
Now the question, I have two other sockets in a similar situation, one for the dishwasher and one for the fan oven, both sockets are in the gap behind the oven and so cannot be reached easily, is the installation of the remote fused switch simply for convenience or are they a requirement of the current regs, can anyone see a problem with leaving them wired as they are, because adding switched spurs now would mean taking half the kitchen appart, not to mention the earache from the misses. thanks for any advice given.
the single socket you can see was a double switched socket, spurred off a single on the ring the other side of the wall (on the left), i have replaced the double for a single non switched, which i will be plugging the fridge into, and the single on the ring which feeds this i have changed to a 13a fused switch as so
this way i will be able to remove power from the fridge easy, as i won't be able to reach the plug when the fridge is pushed in.
Now the question, I have two other sockets in a similar situation, one for the dishwasher and one for the fan oven, both sockets are in the gap behind the oven and so cannot be reached easily, is the installation of the remote fused switch simply for convenience or are they a requirement of the current regs, can anyone see a problem with leaving them wired as they are, because adding switched spurs now would mean taking half the kitchen appart, not to mention the earache from the misses. thanks for any advice given.