Harry Bloomfield wrote in news:nuq4mo
:

After serious thinking Alan Dawes wrote :
Do it the other way round ie remove the back of washing machine,
disconnect the cable from inside, put the cable through the hole,
reconnect inside the machine and replace the back.

Then pulling the machine out for servicing takes longer. Best solution
is a socket in the appropriate place, second best a short extension
lead, just to get a socket below via a hole in the worktop.


....but have it unplugged when poking the wires through the hole!!!!!