Electric Socket Points

GreenNotM

leeegglestone wrote:

Anyway, I am possibly going to put a Freezer in a Big Cupboard in my House, there are no electrical points in there.

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Have a look here - it explains how to extra insulate your fridge freezer so it uses less electricity by placing it in an insulated cupboard - of course you will need vents to allow airflow to the cooling coils etc .. hope I haven't spoilt the ending :rolleyes: ....

Avoriaz

shandypants5 wrote:

.. A few years ago I saw a report on tv about freezers not working correctly in cold garages..

As far as I know it is only certain type of fridge freezers that won’t work in cold environments.

It is not the cold environment that affects them, it is the way they are designed.

A good fridge freezer should be designed with two thermostats, one to monitor the temp in the fridge and one in the freezer. Cheaper units only monitor the temp in the fridge. When the temp in the fridge rises above say 3C degrees, it switches the compressor on and that chills the fridge and freezer compartments. If the unit is installed in a garage where the temperature is below 3C, the fridge compartment temp never rises above 3c so it never triggers the compressor. Thus the freezer compartment gradually warms up to ambient temp and the contents spoil.

A good unit will have separate thermostats for fridge and freezer compartments and will trigger the chilling if either the freezer compartment rises above –18C or the fridge above 3c or whatever the setting is. Maybe they have two compressors also but the important thing is two thermostats.

I might have the detail of this a bit wrong but I think the principle is correct. The refrigerant will evaporate at well below freezing temperature so a freezer will work even at very low ambient temperatures.

Maybe someone will post a link to a proper explanation of all this.;)

raymond

If you live in england or Wales then you cannot add an extra socket or modify the wiring in your kitchen, but it is perfectly ok to run the flexible cable out of the cupboard and into the existing 13A socket (which IMHO is just as dangerous and damn unsightly but then who am I to argue with the government)

leeegglestone

Hmm im not thinking of squeezing a fridge-freezer into where the existing Fridge is by removing the Shelf creating a cupboard below

Seems like my Best option at the moment. Have measured the area and looked at some sizes of fridgefreezers on the net, should fit. Gonna get my dad 2 have a look.

Avoriaz

raymond wrote:

If you live in england or Wales then you cannot add an extra socket or modify the wiring in your kitchen, but it is perfectly ok to run the flexible cable out of the cupboard and into the existing 13A socket (which IMHO is just as dangerous and damn unsightly but then who am I to argue with the government)

In my opinion there is nothing inherently dangerous about running an appliance flex through a hole in a cupboard. All you need is the ability to correctly wire a flex to a 3 pin plug and protect the flex if it is at risk of chafing. A few of our kitchen appliances are wired through cupboards and we have never had a problem.

I suppose there is a theoretical fire risk if the flex is underrated or overheats and sets fire to the cupboard but this risk exists anyway.