Sockets

[whitetop]

Hi to all.

Firstly, I am not an electrician.

But I need some help. I have recently purchased a older house and am having it rewired.
It was built in 1960 and the wiring is original ......plug sockets made of what looks like bakelite etc.

As part of the rewire we want to have the hob, oven washing machine, dishwasher etc wired up so that they are connected to a hidden socket with a remote switch panel on the wall above the worktop.

We recently moved from a house where there was a such a set-up. The wall socket looked similar to an ordinary light switch with the appliance names actually on the socket, not sticky tape.

The under worktop connection had a cover similar to the plate they cover the entry point with when you get Sky fitted.

Can someone please tell me where I can get these sockets. I don't really want the big red type switch spoliing my lovely new kitchen.

The only socket that we want visilbe are the doubles to plug things like a kettle and toaster into.

My mate who is doing the rewire has given me a list of the stuff to get for the job, but he is on holday for a week, so I can't ask him what they are and I would like to have all the stuff ready for him returning......

Cheers for any help....

[professorgbr]

hello
I would fit regular socket fronts under the worktops for your white appliances then they can be unplugged for maintainence and they also need individual fuses if they are to be powered from a 32amp ring main
appliances are made to a standard and CE marked and the moulded plug is part of it you are altering the standard of that appliance if you cut the moulded plug off and hardwire it

[whitetop]

Will probably get standard sockets fitted out of site as suggested, but I would like the remote switches mounted above the worktops to kill the the sockets below.

I just cannot find them online. Does anyone know what they are called or where I might get them, or would I be better getting one master switch fitted to kill the lot in one go.

Thanks for any help.

[professorgbr]

city electrical factors have the switches in stock with appliance names on them