Changing 2 gang socket in kitchen to 3 gang - Part P ok?

[gregpank]

Hi

I would like to do this but is it ok with regards to Part P? I know you can change an existing socket but is increasing the socket from 2 to 3 gang ok under the rules?

Alternatively I could have another 2 gang fitted next to the existing 2 gang, but as this is a new socket I'm pretty sure that would need to be done by a qualified electrician.

The usage would be for a kettle, microwave, slow cooker (no i'm not 60+ ) and a coffee maker

Thanks in advance for any advice

 

[1john]

iirc the triple socket is fed using an integral 13A fuse, you will over load it with those three appliances if they are on simultaneously.

 

[gregpank]

so do you think an extra new 2 gang socket would be the best way to go instead of increasing the existing 2 gang to 3 gang?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Yes.

 

[1john]

or make tea and toast seperatly and swap the plugs around

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I guess you wouldn't use the microwave and the slow cooker at the same time, because that would cause protonic reversal.

 

[riveralt]

protonic reversal.

Protonic Reversal is a still-developing containment approach to earth bound entities, whose original building blocks are none-dimensional extended objects called protons. Unlike the neutron particles in ectoplasm[1], Protonic Reversals interact in a way that is almost uniquely specified by mathematical self-consistency, forming the apparently fluid consistency of snot

Head hurts

 

[gregpank]

Thanks - so adding a new 2 gang socket in the kitchen is an electricians job cos of Part P, right?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

It's notifiable, so using an electrician who can self-certify would be the cheapest way of complying with the law.

 

[Taylortwocities]

protonic reversal.

Protonic Reversal is a still-developing containment approach to earth bound entities, whose original building blocks are none-dimensional extended objects called protons. Unlike the neutron particles in ectoplasm[1], Protonic Reversals interact in a way that is almost uniquely specified by mathematical self-consistency, forming the apparently fluid consistency of snot

Head hurts

Much used in Ghostbusters
viz:
Dr. Egon Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
Dr Ray Stantz: Total protonic reversal.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Right. That's bad. Okay. All right. Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon

Fantastic screenplay.....

 

[ban-all-sheds]

 

[Taylortwocities]

O'Hara? Have you Gone With the Wind?