electric glasswashers

[Steve]

dude, installing this appliance yourself properly (or improperly) WILL invalidate your insurance policy (PL and buildings/contents).

Its up to you.

You CANNOT wire that appliance onto a ring main. It MUST be on a dedicated radial circuit.

 

[plugwash]

The ammount of ****ty electrics I see in commercial installations even places that should know better like the university I go to makes be wonder. Either there are a hell of a lot of cowboy electricians or a hell of a lot of people doing electricial work on commercial property when they shouldn't really be.

 

[timtheenchanter]

If Power is such a big issue here, why not get a glass washer that runs from a 13A plug, or a FCU at the most, that would avoid the need for a dedicated radial.

there are plenty out there, we have 4 glass washers, all on 13A plugtops (albeit on different rings) 2 are new so they still exist.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

i am just lack of confidence

You have much to be diffident about.

You have an appliance with a flex too big for a plug (you think it's 4mm²), so you propose to put a smaller cable on it, and then connect it directly to a ring final.

Do you have any idea how many wiring regulations that would break, and how dangerous it would be?

Thank heavens you realise that you don't know enough - please get an electrician.