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OK here is what we did in the end.
Mounted a 4 x switched power board which is connected to male inlet socket. Yes we had to chop off the original plug so to wire it to the male inlet socket. When required we connect the bench up with a Arlec 15m ext cable with built-in RCD safety switch. The wall double power point has a LED light batten and a 4 x switched power board running of it.
Last week I pulled the front off the switch board and there was two circuits (labelled P3) on the one C20 amp circuit breaker for those areas I mentioned in the above post. As you can see there is no room within the switch board for more circuit breakers or RCD's.
The other day we had the washing machine, dryer, saw table, mighty mouse sander and the LED light batten as well as the chest freezer and kitchen fridge running at the same time. There was no trips or warming up of points. The saw table does have a soft start as well.
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FineWine:
I really hope the above picture is a stock photo (the safe answer is yes) you got from somewhere, because as a homeowner you are not allowed to do *any* work on a switchboard.
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Jase2985:
robjg63: EDIT: oh... you meant someone has removed the plate that looks like it should have had that covers up the wires under the circuit breaker panel?
the dead front
i suspect it should have one
Yes it does have a front cover which the door hinges off. I removed it to find out how much room I had left, if any, in the box for more circuit breakers or RCD's or RCBO's. Plus how many circuits each breaker was handling.
If you zoom in on the legend you can see that P3 has quite a lot going on and is 2 circuits. The kitchen is spread over P3 & P4
At the price I have seen some circuit breakers or RCD's or RCBO's it would be an expensive exercise if I wanted to put JUST the garage on a separate circuit and I would like the kitchen to be on a separate circuit as well (fridge, jug, microwave, coffee machine, frying pan, mixers, 4 x iDevice charging points). I would of course probably need a larger cabinet as well.
A relative-in-law has just bought a house and has remodelled her kitchen which had the switchboard tucked away deep in the back of cupboard behind a kitchen door. Behind the back of this cupboard there is also plumbing as well. It cost her just over $1000 to get the switchboard moved to a far more sensible and I dear say legal position. Plumbing and power do not go well together.
When I had a double power point put into the 3rd bedroom/office wardrobe for ONT/router the electrician did a complete continuity, load and safety check on all the house circuits and said we were fine and signed off the CoC. So we have had two CoC's done since ownership. But I am still not 100% happy with P3 & P4 so one day may bite the bullet and get it all sorted.
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