Kitchen Extractor Heart Defibrillator

21
Mar

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DANGER OF THE WEEK AWARD

Bad Kitchen Fitting

We were asked to modify this kitchen extractor to extract to the outside instead of recirculating. The moisture content in the kitchen was causing condensation problems associated with three cold outside walls. We new it was about to get messy when we couldn’t isolate the extractor power no matter what we unplugged or switched off! It doesn’t take a rocket engineer to put two and two together and guess that the kitchen fitter had ran the extractor straight from one of the two double sockets located nearby.

We got lucky on the first outlet we removed. We found a 0.5mm flex cable connected directly to the 32amp ring main. Once isolated we removed the unit from the wall and then started what we came to do which was to make the necessary modifications to extract to the outside. We completed that job but will be heading back next week to run a new 3amp fused spur from the nearby ring which will allow for the safe use of extractor.

We’ve seen the result of using an extractor with too high a fuse rating when there is a fault. In one case the homeowner had replaced a 3amp fuse with a 13 amp fuse after the 3amp fuse blew. They didn’t have a 3 amp replacement so thought it wouldn’t matter. Unfiortunately there was a fault somewhere in the extractor and the 13 amp fuse didn’t blow fast enough. The circuit board, wiring and switches inside the extractor were fried beyond repair as a result. In the end the circuit replacement and labour was more that the unit originally cost. Low rated fuses are not selected randomly. They are chosen to blow when the load required surpases the normal designed rating.

Sinply put; the fuse is there to protect you, your loved ones, your property and your purchase. If the user manual says use a 3 amp fuse then use a 3 amp fuse.

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