How to properly install sockets in the kitchen

Repair in the kitchen gives an opportunity to qualitativelyChange the living conditions of the whole family, especially the hostess of the house. To help a woman come a lot of home appliances, which must be properly installed and connected. It is necessary to think carefully about where the equipment will stand, and how to locate the outlets in the kitchen.

Unfortunately, most of the living quarters,especially the old buildings, do not have an internal power grid that can guarantee the safety and smooth operation of household appliances. During the repair, as a rule, a complete replacement of the wiring is carried out.

For a qualitative result of electrical work, it is necessary, first of all, to make three important steps:

- Determine what kind of technique you will connect in the kitchen;

- to appeal to the furniture designers, so that they create the design of the kitchen set taking into account the location and parameters of all the equipment built into the furniture;

- entrust electrical workprofessional electrician, providing him with a kitchen design developed by furniture designers, and expressing your wishes regarding the sockets that will be used for small electrical appliances: a kettle, a coffee maker, a food processor, etc. It is important to get an electrician for your electrical wiring in the kitchen.

And you can even take pictures of the work done so that when installing kitchen furniture, do not damage it.

It is important for the owner himself at least to be guided by what an electrician should do to ensure that the wiring in the kitchen is safe and convenient, and also conforms to the basic international standards.

Now you can already determine which sockets in the kitchen you need to set, count their number.

For equipment that is constantly connected to the network,it is necessary to put the sockets with grounding, for each device separately. We consider: a refrigerator, a freezer, a dishwasher, a stove, a washing machine - 5 units. As a rule, these sockets in the kitchen are located not more than 20 cm from the floor so that they can not be seen.

For drawing, this electrical device is placed above the kitchen furniture or in the locker, which covers the corrugated pipe from the hood.

For electrical appliances, weuse on the working surface (mixer, coffee maker, etc.), it is enough to install 3-4 outlets in the kitchen at a distance of 90-100 cm from the floor. In total in the kitchen it is appropriate to place them around 10.

The best electrical wiring in the kitchen is divided into separate branches:

- lighting;

- group of sockets with earthing;

- without grounding - for small equipment.

All branches are connected to protective devicesdisconnections that increase the safety of household appliances and allow, if necessary, to detach from the mains only one branch, rather than the entire apartment. Installation of sockets in the kitchen does not tolerate illiteracy and disregard for safety rules.