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Does Kitchen Have To Go Onto A Separate Circuit?
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<blockquote data-quote="PeteDel" data-source="post: 320290" data-attributes="member: 14706"><p>A friend of mine has recently moved into a rented property and requested for some extra sockets to be fitted in the kitchen, to be honest it looks as if a 5 year old has done the work.</p><p></p><p>Two double socket outlets have been surface mounted above the worktops and out of these comes a 1.5mm t+e not even clipped to the wall just hanging loose, I followed the cable and on the other end is a plug top, plugged into existing socket under the worktop, out of one of these new sockets is a 4 way extension lead which runs the other side of room near the door, gas cooker with electric ignition is plugged into the extension along with washer and dryer. my friend asked me to look at this after the extension plug top had melted.</p><p></p><p>There is no rcd protection as the board is rewirable fuses.</p><p></p><p>After kicking off and threatening to report landlord to letting agents and fire service, landlord has agreed to let her employ an electrician to bring install up to current standards.</p><p></p><p>Im going to do a pir today and giving landlord a quote for required works. I just need to know if when swapping old board for rcd board am I required to split the kitchen from the rest of the downstairs ring final? or assuming the circuit passes ir test can I keep the existing ring and mark label on cu as downstairs inc kitchen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PeteDel, post: 320290, member: 14706"] A friend of mine has recently moved into a rented property and requested for some extra sockets to be fitted in the kitchen, to be honest it looks as if a 5 year old has done the work. Two double socket outlets have been surface mounted above the worktops and out of these comes a 1.5mm t+e not even clipped to the wall just hanging loose, I followed the cable and on the other end is a plug top, plugged into existing socket under the worktop, out of one of these new sockets is a 4 way extension lead which runs the other side of room near the door, gas cooker with electric ignition is plugged into the extension along with washer and dryer. my friend asked me to look at this after the extension plug top had melted. There is no rcd protection as the board is rewirable fuses. After kicking off and threatening to report landlord to letting agents and fire service, landlord has agreed to let her employ an electrician to bring install up to current standards. Im going to do a pir today and giving landlord a quote for required works. I just need to know if when swapping old board for rcd board am I required to split the kitchen from the rest of the downstairs ring final? or assuming the circuit passes ir test can I keep the existing ring and mark label on cu as downstairs inc kitchen. [/QUOTE]
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