Is it acceptable to use a junction box to extend the cable/flex on an appliance such as a washing machine?
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Extending appliance cable
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Specially made ones for loose cables exist..
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There are proper connectors available for this job:-
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in many cases it's quite easy to simply fit a longer flex.
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Why didn't I think of that? I've used enough of them in the past, though admittedly not in the kitchen but in the garden after the mower trimmed its own cable as well as the grass.
Thought of that but decided against it as I didn't want to risk the new machine's guarantee by opening it up.
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Good grief no: chock block and sellotape's the way! ;-)
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Why not a short single plug and trailing socket ?
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No. They're not really designed for flex. There is no strain relief. They are not even water resistant.
One esay solution *might* be the 'waterproof' boxes you can fit round an extension lead joint in the garden. But I'd fit a longer flex.
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John Stumbles wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@ntlworld.com:
Chock Block!!!!!
Overdoing it a bit, aren't you?
mike
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Potentially wet area...?
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On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:20:29 +0000, F mused:
Exactly what I'd probably do.
Simply cutting the plug off invalidates most warranties nowadays so you may as well invalidate the warranty by doing the job properly.
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Have you any proof of this? Logic says it simply wouldn't stand up in a court of law. Different opening up something that is sealed, though, if for a good reason. Which washing machines usually aren't.
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I hope not because I have to cut off the moulded plugs supplied with appliances and fir plugs with a ring on the back so my wife (who suffers from arthritis) can unplug things!
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:35:50 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)" mused:
Er, my mate says so!
Seriously though, no. I should have added an AFAIAA. I'll look into it, it may be one of those urban myths.
Think the reasoning behind it would be that if the machine went faulty it's be your fault for wiring the plug wrong, whether it was ore not. If you open the machine up then exposure to light would be the diagnosis. The t's and c's are obviously there for the sake of it, I never said I agreed wth most of them, or didn't contravene most of them.
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wall socket comply either surely. And that also applies to any other junction box, etc.
I would use an extension lead ensuring that it is stored above the height of the socket, or somewhere away from the floor where it cannot get wet.
The other alternative is to do a fused spur socket from the ring circuit - if you are still allowed to do that in God's abandoned country !
Rob in Edinburgh