Electrical Fault In A Kitchen: Fault Finding & Repair 

An alternative to replacing a 25mm pattress where a 35mm pattress is required, especially in tiled walls, is to use a 9mm or 10mm spacer. You can buy them in 1 gang or 2 gang in black or white.

Just curious as to why you didn't bother checking to see if the fuse in the spur was blown? Connections were obviously tight and i didn't notice any damage on it?

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Did you test the orignal fuse?

Oh the joys of changing sockets and FCUs in 25mm backboxes above a kitchen worktop!! 😩

Am impressed by original spark, not (probably a kitchen fitter)....13A is not enough for a double socket with two appliances plugged in...I would have gone for 20A isolator and un-switched sockets...do love the MK logic+ range though, shame they're stopping production...nice one Honeywell :(

If it's all wired in 2.5mm the double socket should be on a 20 amp isolation switch, not a fused spur. 13 amps isn't enough for the 2 white goods items plugged into the socket. 2 single sockets would be better.

Good job.

The washer waste wants a jubilee clip on it just in case.

Easy one delroy

Not being funny, I knew the problem after 10 seconds. Just needed a new fuse in the spur. Tell them not to use both appliances at once.

Hello Delroy,I'd highly appreciate if you answered this. So basically, back when I lived in a rental property, the landlord showed up one day with an electrician and he worked for 9 hours(he spent 8.5 hours installing a consumer unit and half an hour installing a smoke alarm). What I wanted to ask is why it could've taken so long for him to install it, because I started to doubt his qualification😅😅. As I said I'd highly appreciate you answering because I'm curious about all things electrics. Cheers

You think the guy would have cleaned the house first!

Del - you can't rely on a socket tester in an adjacent socket to test for dead. You need to use a proving device on the accessory you are working on! You will get dead with complacency like that.

Anyone else worried about the sockets under the sink? I’m thinking of water ingress or the sockets being near the washing up liquid etc

Lots of wanna be electricians in this chat