On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 21:05:06 UTC, antgel wrote:

Is there any practical motivation to wire a built-in fridge freezer via
an unswitched socket switched by an easily accessible FCU vs a standard
switched socket. Note that the socket will have to be behind the
appliance as the cord comes out of the bottom and is only 1m long.

In a similar situation, I've used an unswitched socket and a 20A DP
switch with neon. I saw no point in using an FCU. The DP switch made it
easier to wired 'straight through', and in my case I needed the neon
indication.

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antgel writes:
Is there any practical motivation to wire a built-in fridge freezer via
an unswitched socket switched by an easily accessible FCU vs a standard
switched socket. Note that the socket will have to be behind the
appliance as the cord comes out of the bottom and is only 1m long.

Providing an easily accessible switch for a fridge/freezer
might be something you would later regret.

--
Andrew Gabriel

"antgel" wrote in message
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Is there any practical motivation to wire a built-in fridge freezer via
an unswitched socket switched by an easily accessible FCU vs a standard
switched socket. Note that the socket will have to be behind the
appliance as the cord comes out of the bottom and is only 1m long.

If the whole installation is already on the final ring circuit, then you
don't really need to fit an FCU in the circuit at all. The plug fitted to
the flex of the fridge-freezer already has a proper fuse in it, doesn't it?
And the rest of the circuit should already have protection from the CU
safety breaker.

If, on the other hand, you are thinking of taking a spur radial from the
final ring circuit, then you should have an FCU, switched or otherwise and
properly fused, to protect the radial circuit which you install for the
fridge-freezer.