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  • Discovered last night that I have a double socket in the kitchen which is (almost certainly) on a radial circuit on it's own. The circuit used to power the oven which no longer exists, new oven is on a new circuit of its own.

    The socket has a 32A breaker and 4mm cabling.

    Can anyone comment on feasibility of extending the radial circuit beneath kitchen units to create another double socket on the adjacent wall and one below the units for dishwasher ? Has anyone done similar ?

  • Sounds fine. 4mm cable is correct for a 32A radial, and is likely to become the norm as they try and phase out ring circuits in favour of radials.

    My main thing would be to have the socket for the dishwasher at a decent height/distance away so it doesn’t cause problems if there’s a leak. I can’t remember if there’s any specific regs about that.

  • Thanks. Ok sounds relatively straight forward then. I think I can use the sockets themselves as the junctions.

    Is it worth getting an electrician in to discuss and get them to connect it once the work is done, or not necessary?

    I would have to run the cable either behind or underneath the range, there's loads of clearance but does that present any problems ?

    The current dishwasher socket is lose on the floor so can only be improved!

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