Washing Machine Socket ?

[skybluescooby]

Hi,
Discovered a blank plate under the kitchen worktop and behind the washer yesterday. Spoke to my plumber mate who said its a blank but can be converted into a socket to plug your washer into or just wire the washer straight into it.
Is this true and if so is it easily converted as i have my washer cable running through my worktop via a pre-drilled hole and if i can connect here it'll make the place look a bit neater ?

 

[breezer]

there is usually a switch or fcu above work surfce have you one?

 

[skybluescooby]

hello mate, yeah theres a switch above worktop, like a blank plate but with a small switch in centre

 

[breezer]

3 guesses what its for

 

[andy]

Hi,
Discovered a blank plate under the kitchen worktop and behind the washer yesterday. Spoke to my plumber mate who said its a blank but can be converted into a socket to plug your washer into or just wire the washer straight into it.
Is this true and if so is it easily converted as i have my washer cable running through my worktop via a pre-drilled hole and if i can connect here it'll make the place look a bit neater ?

thats providing there is a supply to it, and not just a box with blank plate...

 

[skybluescooby]

3 guesses what its for

go on, give us a clue

 

[skybluescooby]

thats providing there is a supply to it, and not just a box with blank plate...

And if it does have a supply ?? Fit a socket ?

 

[breezer]

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oh sorry, i misread that, i thought you said give us a glue

 

[skybluescooby]

prefer araldite myself.
come on, stop playing hard to get

 

[andy]

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oh sorry, i misread that, i thought you said give us a glue

this stuff is better

 

[plugwash]

does this switch have a fuse?

if so consider using an unfused plug/socket combination (such as a 15A bs546) behind the washer and making yourself a little adaptor in case it needs to be tested whilst pulled out. this way you save yourself the hassle that a hidden fuse will cause.

just wiring in is not reccomended because it can cause grief when you have to have the machine serviced.

 

[breezer]

as an ex hp service engineer, unless the m/c has a normal plug yiou could refuse to touch the m/c as the 2nd thing you did was to unplug it, switching off an FCU is not acceptable becuse

1) may be wired wrong

2) you cant "megger" the m/c