Hi,
I've been reading this forum for a year or so and it has helped me greatly in fixing my place up. I've almost finished the kitchen, and before i do the tiling have a question... Is it against regulations to plug a washing machine AND my fridge-freezer into 1 FCU, using a 2-way extension socket plugged into the FCU? The FCU is such that, the actual switch is above worktop height, and below worktop height is a single plain socket (so, anything plugged in here would be double-fused via its actual plug and then the FCU fuse above). I've used the search function to find an answer but nothing seems to match my query. Maybe there is an issue with the load being pulled by a running washing machine and fridge-freezer (both are just 'normal' brand new machines) which means i should have separate FCU's, i don't know, but before i call in an electrician i would like to find out first.
Thanks for any help
I've been reading this forum for a year or so and it has helped me greatly in fixing my place up. I've almost finished the kitchen, and before i do the tiling have a question... Is it against regulations to plug a washing machine AND my fridge-freezer into 1 FCU, using a 2-way extension socket plugged into the FCU? The FCU is such that, the actual switch is above worktop height, and below worktop height is a single plain socket (so, anything plugged in here would be double-fused via its actual plug and then the FCU fuse above). I've used the search function to find an answer but nothing seems to match my query. Maybe there is an issue with the load being pulled by a running washing machine and fridge-freezer (both are just 'normal' brand new machines) which means i should have separate FCU's, i don't know, but before i call in an electrician i would like to find out first.
Thanks for any help