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    Kitchen under cabinet lighting

    Hi, getting a new kitchen installed and I will be installing under cabinet lighting on wall units. Is 240V appropriate for this or is low voltage lighting required ? Thanks
    • clematis432
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    • cabinet kitchen lighting under
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    UK Grid / Minigrid wiring to an unswitched socket for kitchen appliances.

    Okay, so, I’m currently working towards becoming an electrician and was after some guidance for a job that I’m working on. The property (a small flat) has a few circuits on RCBOs. 1 Ring (kitchen) 1 Radial Sockets 1 Internal Lighting 1 External Lighting The owner occupier is replacing their...
    • daavvee
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    • appliances grid kitchen ring socket wiring wiring diagram wiringadvice
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Double ovens: Kitchen aid vs. Dacor Heritage

    Our 20 year old Kitchen aid double ovens have finally bit the dust and we need to replace them. I don't want to cut into our cabinets, so although we looked at Bosch, Dacor and Kitchen Aid, the Bosch will not fit so that's out. I've heard great things about the Dacor, that it bakes incredibly...
  4. S

    Kitchen Rewiring

    The wiring and metal socket boxes for my new kitchen are now covered by plasterboard, how will the electrician find them to wire them in?
  5. telectrix

    Kitchen fitters YUK.

    went out to a non working oven ( electric) and no ignition for gas hob. after removing kickboards and emptying cupboard found single socket, right low down. fuse in moulded plug disintegrated, fuse carrier black as a crow. followed cable from plug to oven, hob ignition spliced into oven cable...
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    UK DIY. Hi Is a 2.5mm T+E cable ok for kitchen appliances ?

    Hi My new extension has 2.5mm T+E cable running to the Hob. The hob needs replacing I have been advised that there should have been a minimum of 4mm cable running to the Hob to comply with part P of the building regs ? Could you please clarify this for me. many thanks Wojtek
    • Redmist
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    • 2.5mm appliances cable diy kitchen
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Kitchen Grid Cpc’s

    Hi guys, It could just be me being daft here but I’ll ask the question anyway! I don’t use multi gang grid switches too often but I have two to fit currently. Both have a mixture of ring main and a few appliance radials. Would you earth the yoke with the cpc from one circuit and keep all the...
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    Kitchen fitters, well more sellers.

    Just got back from a work mates foreigner. Received a panicked phone call from him that a 6mm cooker feed had no earth, indeed it did not. A bit of chasing up the wall found a chock block in the old cooker point back box and the earth had popped out. However, I asked the question what he was...
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    Best way to wire new kitchen

    Hi, I am having my kitchen remodeled. I got a new panel put in this summer giving me the option to run more lines to the kitchen. right now the whole kitchen is running off of two double pole 20 amp breakers. We have tripped the breaker twice when using both the microwave and an air fryer at...
    • Ericdan
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    • best best way kitchen kitchen electrics new rewire wire
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
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    Multiple kitchen appliance failures

    I recently purchased a new property and in the three months we've lived here three kitchen appliances have had/ developed issues: Beko induction hob would not heat, appliance repair company said the main power control board was faulty and needed replacing; Half of 4 slice toaster (note...
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    Kitchen Led project advice (DIY)

    Hi all New to the forum and wanted to some advice for a project, although I’m not an electrician I’d consider myself able to do some handy work. Im wanting to put some led lighting under my kitchen wall hung units, I have 3 sections of units that I will putting the lighting on, I will be...
  12. R

    Commercial kitchen from home

    Hi, I'd be getting an electrician to complete any work but would still like an idea first on what is and isn't possible and the best way of going about it. In a nutshell, we are looking at converting the spare area of our dining room into a mini-commercial kitchen by mainly using electrical...
    • round23
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    • capacity commercial home kitchen rewire
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Kitchen extractor/lighting rig- your thoughts?

    I am refurbishing my kitchen - I have opened up the front of a chimney breast which is directly in the middle of the wall where my kitchen units are going (and previously were) - the chimney breast is only around 280mm deep so I am making up a custom extractor/down light rig. this is what I...
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    Commercial Kitchen 1Ph DB

    Any recommendations for a commercial kitchen single phase DB? Small pub kitchen and no space, two fryers in the same room and lots of lovely greasy pub food being knocked up so I'm looking for a DB or options that offer some grease/fat resistance. Or a standard DB in an enclosure?
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    Kitchen sockets keep tripping.

    Hi all, hope everyone has had a nice Christmas. At some point this morning the kitchen sockets tripped and its had me up the wall, literally. It has happened in the past but I just flip the breaker back up and it's been fine. Not today. Flip it up, few seconds later it trips the downstairs...
  16. alekdavis

    Need kitchen undercabinet lighting controlled by a wall switch

    I am not an electrician, so have a hard time figuring out what to do for kitchen undercabinet lighting (for a brand new kitchen). My requirements are: 1. Hard wired (can be plugged into an outlet of a circuit). 2. Controlled by a wall switch. 3. Dimmable (via a wall switch) would be nice but...
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    (UK) Sanity Check Kitchen Oven wiring spur

    Hello, I'm hoping someone who knows more than me can sanity check this wiring diagram for my Electric Oven, Extractor Fan and Gas Hob. Background: I bought a new oven, I thought the old one was plugged in with normal plug but it was actually hard wired and the extractor/hob were plugged in...
    • dande650
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    • check diagram diy fuse kitchen oven overload spur wiring wiring help
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    halogen bulbs in kitchen ceiling keep going of then on again a while later

    I have 9 x halogen lights in kitchen ceiling 3 in each transformer wired into the main ring. the centre set come on then go off, then come back on again a while later, repeating this process. is it the bulbs or is the transformer on its way out ?
    • PaulRea
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    • again bulbs ceiling going halogen kitchen later while
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Lighting Forum
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    UK 13A fuse kitchen grid switch, connection confusion

    Hello, I was about to replace the old tatty 8 gang grid switches in my kitchen with some new Varilight ones. The only problem I have is that the two old 13A fuse modules had 3 connections. There was a live wire going into the top terminal and then a single yellow into one of the bottom ones and...
    • alexp
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    • confusion connection fuse grid kitchen switch
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
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    Kitchen island power requirement change

    Hi All, first post here and looking for a bit of advice. I am planning on having a few changes done to the kitchen island. wanting to add a quooker tap. This is what I currently have in place; Stating at the CU. 40a mcb > 10mm2 t+e > 60a junction box (at island) > 10mm2 t+e > 45amp mk switch...
    • mattleese1988@
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    • change island kitchen power requirement
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum

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