Recent content by HammerMan

Thanks for your thoughts, it's interesting hearing teh different views, all valid in their own right aswell.  I asked the missus if she knew what teh fused spurs were... she had no idea they switch off the fridage and washer etc :slap Come to the conclusion that above wall cabinets isn't...

couple of pics, one of cables between back of base cabinets and the wall, not really clipped in very well. the other of the stranded bit of cable found poking out of the wall that had been snipped... and thankfully not live ok cheers, thats put mind at rest then, thanks for the advice from...

Yes, once they go into the wall and up vertically they are then in the safe zone I see, so guess its ok then... I was just bit shocked when i saw them but guess its ok. I have just found a piece of T&E coming out of the wall, and snipped flush! luckly its not live which is good!

My worry was regs really, wasnt sure if it was accepatable behaviour :) .... and also wasn't 100% weather it could contravene Safe Zone rules or if the vertical adn horizontal safe zone ruwl was designed more for cables buried in the wall adn therfore and out-of-site

Yer we have that for few appliances, I was just thinking if it was ok to get the switch thats currently above the worktop moved to above the wall cabinets, so not on day-to-day show...? I had thought about the bank of grid switches in one place aswell, not sure I have an adequate spot for them...

lol, yes sorry i didnt mean externally outside, i meant external to the wall as opposed to being sunk into the plaster.  its semi-clipped (few missing or broken!) to the plasterboard wall behind the base units and also ontop of some of the wall cabinets. being trying to work out how to do the...

I know what you mean.... thats why I was little unsure... we have one up there already! and thinking back my previous house had two above the wall cabinets aswell, but they were for an extractor fan and and outside light which I guess are high leveal appliances rather than the likes of your...

Guys, Been looking at our Kitchen wiring this evening, and we have T&E running on the outside of the wall behind base cabinets and then going into the wall and up to sockets or fused spurs above the worktops.... is this ok? or is this not the done thing? Also have a few T&E cables...

"Local" it is then :) Whats the general thought to them being located above the wall cabinets on the wall or on-top of the wall cabinets?

Evening Chaps, Can you locate a switchable fused spur for a kitchen appliance under your wall cabinets behind the pelmet so its out of day-to-day sight? Or can you locate them on the wall above your kitchen wall cabinets? Both locations easily accessiable but out of day-to-day sight so more...

Thankd for all the advice chaps, it has helped a lot and good to check what i've been told by others aswell.

Tthanks for the advice, am I right in that should be 150mm from any sink/taps and hob/oven or should it be 300mm?

Hi firstly great pics and explanation it was just what I had in mind aswell! I need to move some sockets, only few inches but they need moving all the same. I also need to move the switched spur sockets / faceplates to a new location, not far about a few meters for each

Another query on these splicers, do these have to be rated atall? I mean can you use them to extend 45 amp cooker cable for example? not saying I will just thinking out loud