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I have a 1 gang socket in kitchen which I made it a 3G as not much room to swing a cat in my kitchen to use for my Fridgemaster MC55264D and Candy CSC10DF Dryer.
It's been running great with no issues over past year.
Now I am in a lower 4 in a block house can I add an under counter Igenix IG3290 fridge to the 3rd spare outlet,? On the 3G wall socket

IS IT TOO MUCH?
 
IS IT TOO MUCH?
I don't think so. Your 3G socket that you installed has a 13A fuse in it, which I believe is protecting all three sockets, so drawing a heavy load from all sockets would blow that fuse before affecting your fixed installation.
Your fridge/freezer and additional fridge are not heavy loads like the dryer, there might be compressor motor starting surges, but I personally don't see a problem.
 

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