New Dishwasher Wiring In!!!

[ian413]

I have just tried to wire in my dishwasher.
I had a blank connection but I did not want to cut off the appliances plug and wire it in so I connected a one switch 13amp socket.
Now I can't get the dishwasher, or anything for that matter, to work from that new socket.
What have I overlooked?

 

[andy]

I have just tried to wire in my dishwasher.
I had a blank connection but I did not want to cut off the appliances plug and wire it in so I connected a one switch 13amp socket.
Now I can't get the dishwasher, or anything for that matter, to work from that new socket.
What have I overlooked?

has the socket got power?

where does the socket get the power from?

 

[breezer]

I have just tried to wire in my dishwasher.
I had a blank connection but I did not want to cut off the appliances plug and wire it in so I connected a one switch 13amp socket.
Now I can't get the dishwasher, or anything for that matter, to work from that new socket.
What have I overlooked?

turning it on, stripping the cables fuse..................................?

 

[ian413]

I have switched the power on and stripped the cables when i wired it in.

There is a fused switch above the worktop which is also on, can this be a problem??
Is it supposed to have a fuse in it?

 

[andy]

Is it supposed to have a fuse in it?

this must be some kind of joke....

 

[ian413]

Problem solved!
Needed a fuse in the switch above the worktop.
I feel a bit silly now!!

 

[keyplayer]

Easily done! At least you can isolate above worktop. I recently plumbed a dishwasher in for a mate in a newly refurbed rental property. The provided single gang socket under the worktop turned out to be just the faceplate screwed to the plasterboard. No backbox and no wiring. Needless to say he won't be using that outfit again.

 

[andy]

The provided single gang socket under the worktop turned out to be just the faceplate screwed to the plasterboard. No backbox and no wiring. Needless to say he won't be using that outfit again.

wonder if any other sockets were the same?

 

[Qedelec]

Sounds like a Story I heard about a call out to a socket in a bathroom that wouldn't work.
Turned out that the lady had screwed a pattress and outlet plate to the wall over the bath so she could plug in her hair dryer!!!!!!

Obviously thought electricity works by osmosis.

 

[andy]

Sounds like a Story I heard about a call out to a socket in a bathroom that wouldn't work.
Turned out that the lady had screwed a pattress and outlet plate to the wall over the bath so she could plug in her hair dryer!!!!!!

Obviously thought electricity works by osmosis.

at least there wasnt much chance of her gettin a shock when the hair dryer fell in the bath