"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On 30 Nov 2003 16:10:05 -0800, N. Thornton wrote:

One question is: Does this have to be in the kitchen, or can it be
say a cupboard under the stairs.

sockets dont have 2b switched at all, but can be. Sockets are also
much more flexible than FCUs.

Common sense safety and the regs to some extent could say that sockets
ought to be remotely switched if the plug is inaccessable in normal
use and that the switches ought to be close (same room) to the
socket/appliance they are controlling.

So, for e.g., can a gridswitch be at the back of a kitchen cupboard? Anyone
know what the regs say about this?

A MEM Gridswitch 8000 eliminates the ugly collection of fused spurs over the
worktops, which is a lot of work to install, electrical and tiling. It
would be nice to have all aplinaces: oven, hob, w/m, etc on the gridswitch.

If this switch can be in the rear of say a top cupboard, maybe a small "sub"
CU would be the better option, with "all" kitchen appliances and sockets,
complete with microbreakers in CU fitted. Then the microbreakers can be
labelled as normal. This may be a cheaper option. Would this have to be
taken off the main breaker, rather than a large current microbreaker at the
existing main CU?



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