Hi, I am on the finishing stages of completely refitting our kitchen and have just realised that I may have made a slight mistake and would like some suggestions how to overcome it.
The electrics have all been done with a new kitchen ring main part of which is a socket under the countertop for the dishwasher with a 20A isolator switch above the countertop. When I planned it all I thought it was a good idea to have the socket behind the dishwasher so that if you pulled the dishwasher out the socket was accessible. However, in hindsight, this probably wasn't a good idea after all because with the plug in the socket the dishwasher probably won't go far enough back because the back of it will be against the plug.
It is too late now to change the wiring as the room has been plastered, cabinets are in place and the countertop is being fitted on Saturday. I havn't actually got the dishwasher yet so I'm only after contingency plans if it does prove to be a problem.
The two options I can think of are:
1. Replace the socket with an FCU and then cut the plug off of the Dishwasher and wire it directly into the FCU. Would this be acceptable practice?
2. Remove the socket and replace the cable from the switch with a longer one protruding from the socket back box and connect the cable to the socket surface mounted inside an adjacent cabinet. Luckily the cables are all in buried conduit so replacing the cable is no problem.
As I said before, this MAY not be an issue but I just wanted some ideas just in case it is a problem.
Thanks
Russell
The electrics have all been done with a new kitchen ring main part of which is a socket under the countertop for the dishwasher with a 20A isolator switch above the countertop. When I planned it all I thought it was a good idea to have the socket behind the dishwasher so that if you pulled the dishwasher out the socket was accessible. However, in hindsight, this probably wasn't a good idea after all because with the plug in the socket the dishwasher probably won't go far enough back because the back of it will be against the plug.
It is too late now to change the wiring as the room has been plastered, cabinets are in place and the countertop is being fitted on Saturday. I havn't actually got the dishwasher yet so I'm only after contingency plans if it does prove to be a problem.
The two options I can think of are:
1. Replace the socket with an FCU and then cut the plug off of the Dishwasher and wire it directly into the FCU. Would this be acceptable practice?
2. Remove the socket and replace the cable from the switch with a longer one protruding from the socket back box and connect the cable to the socket surface mounted inside an adjacent cabinet. Luckily the cables are all in buried conduit so replacing the cable is no problem.
As I said before, this MAY not be an issue but I just wanted some ideas just in case it is a problem.
Thanks
Russell