Hard wired kitchen appliances

[bowza]

hi,

im rewiring a kitchen and all the appliances have to be hard wired to fexe outlets, the fcu's are going to be located in one of the cupboards, it complys with regs because the cupboard is screwed to the wall and all fcus are going to be labeled. the client has requested to have to fcus in the mains cupboard wich is in the hall way with the consumer unit. its over 6 meters away from the kitchen. is this acceptable? i was always under the impresion that they need to be localised, within the kitchen?

i know of other options eg, having sockets located in the unit next to the appliance but thats not my main concern. is there limit to how far the fcus can be from the fitted appliances?



thanks

 

[Guest55]

sorry , but this has got p*** poor design written all over it.
i take these are the customers plans ?

 

[D Skelton]

No, as long as they are readily accessible. Ideally any means of switching off an appliance would be local, but there is nothing in the regs that specifically states that they must be local.

Would there be no possibility of utilising a grid switch for each hard wired appliance somewhere within the kitchen?

 

[bowza]

sorry , but this has got p*** poor design written all over it.
i take these are the customers plans ?

yes, i reccomended a grid system for the 4 appliances. but they think its ugly.

 

[bowza]

No, as long as they are readily accessible. Ideally any means of switching off an appliance would be local, but there is nothing in the regs that specifically states that they must be local.

Would there be no possibility of utilising a grid switch for each hard wired appliance somewhere within the kitchen?

surely being all the way in the hall way is not readily accessible

 

[dan86]

all that hassle just for 4 appliances? seems a faff to me.
dunno about the rest of you, but I like to move my appliances round once in a way. PITA is they ever decide they wanna do that!

 

[telectrix]

so's his missus, probably, but he allows her in the kitchen.

 

[valleybilly]

4mm radial/fcu to all appliances & isolation via CU or fcu job done !

 

[dan86]

where she belongs!

 

[telectrix]

only as long as she's functional.