Taking power to a kitchen Island!..

Apr 06, 2012 12 Replies

SWMBO in her new kitchen extension has this idea of an Island in the middle which has the sink, dishwasher and a bit of other odd gubbins thereon, and a couple of extra 13 amp outlets on some power pole thing.



Now whilst the drains and water are arranged to go there, the power needs obviously to be tapped onto the kitchen ring main. This is up in the ceiling and as usual drops down where needed to the wall sockets as per normal practice.



However whilst I can take a cable down from the ceiling next to the drain pipe which will be boxed in, in due course, the cabling has to run under the concrete floor slab for a few feet before coming up inside the Island unit.



How would this normally be done?. I don't suppose its the done thing to just lay 2.5 T&E under the floor in the concrete so would it be better to either put in a buried duct in the concrete floor slab, or simpler still use some suitable 2.5 rated (2 lumps off to keep the ring main) SWA direct bury cable?.



Any advice appreciated..



Cheers...


I'd personally put it in a decent sized duct, to allow for replacement/ expansion. Also simpler to terminate.

Thats all I do at work.

Usually I just use a couple of lengths of 20 or 25mm plastic conduit.

Well you CAN and I HAVE..

Either really.

I'd probably put it in a pipe and then bury that.

A big fan somewhere along the edge of the room, pointed towrd a wind turbine mounted on the island? ;-)

naaah, just get harry to stand next to the turbine and tell you how much he loves his solar panels and thinks this ecobollox is going to save the world, might want to put a heat exchanger there too.. might as well utilise the heat from the hot air as well.

In message , tony sayer writes

Her kitchen, tell her to sort it. If it doesn't work out it isn't your fault.

you could get about 30W off the hot air that harry produces.

Suitably insulated/protected from the T+E of course.

Harry will be a long shortly to tell you that you missed a K... or an M before the w :)

Yes.. I think the 30 mm duct will be in place before the week is out;!...

c/w said draw cord....

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