Hi all,
I know an electrician will be needed for what I propose but I always like to get a few opinions before I go ahead. It's nice to be equipped with some knowledge, so thanks in advance for any advice. It really is appreciated.
We're having a new carpet laid in the bedroom above the kitchen and whilst the floorboards are exposed it's a great time to sort some kitchen sockets and switches directly below the room.
The two diagrams below show the existing kitchen socket set up on one of the walls and then a proposed set up that I'd like.
Existing layout
There are two double sockets (shown below in the diagram). The one on the right is on the ring main.
The house is only a 2 bed semi and all sockets are on a single ring main, RCD protected with a 32amp MCB (no separate socket circuit for each floor or for the kitchen, etc).
The left double socket is on a radial circuit going directly to the consumer unit into the same MCB as the ring main (so it has 3 cables). It's the only socket in the house that is outside of the ring main on it's own radial circuit. This radial circuit has a thicker 6mm cable and I'm assuming it was originally for a cooker before we moved in (although that's no longer the case).
Proposed layout
I'd like to change this wall by adding a 20amp DP switch above the counter next to the sockets. This switch will feed an unswitched single socket to power a dishwasher. Ideally, whilst we're there I'd like the left hand socket added into the ring main so we can do away with the radial attached to the same MCB. So it will look like this:
What do you guys think about this set up?
Thanks
I know an electrician will be needed for what I propose but I always like to get a few opinions before I go ahead. It's nice to be equipped with some knowledge, so thanks in advance for any advice. It really is appreciated.
We're having a new carpet laid in the bedroom above the kitchen and whilst the floorboards are exposed it's a great time to sort some kitchen sockets and switches directly below the room.
The two diagrams below show the existing kitchen socket set up on one of the walls and then a proposed set up that I'd like.
Existing layout
There are two double sockets (shown below in the diagram). The one on the right is on the ring main.
The house is only a 2 bed semi and all sockets are on a single ring main, RCD protected with a 32amp MCB (no separate socket circuit for each floor or for the kitchen, etc).
The left double socket is on a radial circuit going directly to the consumer unit into the same MCB as the ring main (so it has 3 cables). It's the only socket in the house that is outside of the ring main on it's own radial circuit. This radial circuit has a thicker 6mm cable and I'm assuming it was originally for a cooker before we moved in (although that's no longer the case).
Proposed layout
I'd like to change this wall by adding a 20amp DP switch above the counter next to the sockets. This switch will feed an unswitched single socket to power a dishwasher. Ideally, whilst we're there I'd like the left hand socket added into the ring main so we can do away with the radial attached to the same MCB. So it will look like this:
What do you guys think about this set up?
Thanks