Melted socket, plug and wiring

[Strima]

Having just spent a couple of grand on granite worktops I can, hand in heart, say no fecking chance of cutting holes in it for cables to come through.

I’m waiting for someone to suggest fitting 16 amp commandos next.

 

[static zap]

...... where they can easily be seen is a sensible option.

We are meant to question
"strange smells in the kitchen / laundry room "
..unless you really love fish !
(unless your neighbors are always burning rubbish/scrap in town)

 

[rolyberkin]

On the cutting plugs off issue I was on a kitchen install last week when kitchen fitters quoted Neff as saying that cutting a plug off invalidated the warranty. I called their customer service on speaker phone and they told me the same. I then asked to speak to a named person in their technical department who would tell me why this was the case and provide me with the relevant technical data or provide reasons as to why this would cause the warranty to be invalidated. After about three minutes on hold they then backtracked and told me that this in fact would not invalidate the warranty unless I wired it incorrectly and that issue caused the fault, I then cut four plugs off in front of the kitchen fitters.;-)

 

[Midwest]

I had another experience with Velux windows, and their electric windows. On one install, I rang them (speaker phone in front of customer) and they said cutting off plug would invalidate warranty, then a few months later, did the same again and they said it wouldn't

 

[Octopus]

Get a few old mk single sockets off eBay as above and problem solved

Definitely don't think new mk are any good.

3 G switch last week, unable to do up 6 of the screws..... Off shore manufactured carp

 

[Octopus]

On a different note, is there any benefit in asking for the replacements to be flex outlets as they are fixed appliances which don't really get moved rather than plug and sockets?

If you have fused spurs above the work top then flex outlets make perfect sense ....

 

[telectrix]

If you have fused spurs above the work top then flex outlets make perfect sense ....

and a cooker outlet plate would not fail with only 10 -11 amps going through it's 40A terminals.

 

[MJPD29]

Definitely don't think new mk are any good.

3 G switch last week, unable to do up 6 of the screws..... Off shore manufactured carp

That's why I said old mk. Have you tried their new split boards? I was adding a cooker circuit into one already installed to find 4 of the screws in the neutral bar had sheared when the original installer had fitted it, the breakers don't sit straight and the screws in the lid barely line up. So disappointing

 

[MJPD29]

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[Marvo]

We get enquiries about burned plugs and/or sockets quite regularly, here's another from a few weeks ago

One of my theories was/still is if appliances don't get unplugged once in a while the plug pins and receptors in the socket get tarnished which makes them higher resistance causing heat which then makes the receptors lose tension, in turn causing arcing.

If a plug is removed from time to time it wipes clean the brass contact areas on the pins and in the socket making it more reliable.