Soldato
Hey guys, I'm after a little help.
I had a new dishwasher delivered this morning which has an EU plug attached to it, see below:
The issue I have is that I need to wire the cord directly in to a blanked electrical socket which sits under the kitchen worktop, right behind the gap for the dishwasher. Obviously, this cord isn't going to have a ground connection - is that still safe? I had hoped it would be a simple job of remove the old dishwasher and put this one exactly in its place.
Upon googling I've found pages that say it's fine to wire in without the earth, others that say I may get static shocks, and others saying it's completely illegal for the appliance to be delivered without a UK spec 3 pin plug. At the moment I'm a bit confused, can anyone shed some light?
Thanks.
I had a new dishwasher delivered this morning which has an EU plug attached to it, see below:
The issue I have is that I need to wire the cord directly in to a blanked electrical socket which sits under the kitchen worktop, right behind the gap for the dishwasher. Obviously, this cord isn't going to have a ground connection - is that still safe? I had hoped it would be a simple job of remove the old dishwasher and put this one exactly in its place.
Upon googling I've found pages that say it's fine to wire in without the earth, others that say I may get static shocks, and others saying it's completely illegal for the appliance to be delivered without a UK spec 3 pin plug. At the moment I'm a bit confused, can anyone shed some light?
Thanks.