crazy electrics

[jefoss]

my bro and his bint have moved into a rented flat, anyways she calls me yesterday, none of the sockets in the kitchen seem to work, and she thought me being a tiler knew about that sort of thing! anyways i told her to call the landlord, his response was, turn on the cooker switch, all the plugs are wired through there.

i was just wondering, obviously knowing little about that kind of thing, how illegal is that? and how safe is it?

cheers guys / gals

 

[Jim2287]

if the cooker switch has 2 supplies to it, then thats quite bad ....

if there is a fuse/MCB for the "Cooker" turn that off and see if the sockets work
try pulling/turning off Socket circuits and see if the sockets will turn off with the cooker fuse in still


two fuses supplying one point is not allowed

 

[ninebob]

My first question is: did that work? ie turn on the cooker switch and the sockets worked?

If it did, that's very wrong, but it gives us something to work from...

 

[Steve]

IMO its not that wrong. If the cooker switch ONLY controls a ring or radial of sockets, then it is fine as long as the switch and cables are rated ok.

Then you have to ask, what controls the cooker?

 

[reggie perrin]

Then you have to ask, what controls the cooker?

The husband?

 

[daytona]

no mate husband is on non rcd side of board where as wife(sensitive thing that she is )is cleary on rcd side of board!