Electrical query – freestanding fridge freezer to use a plug or a spur?

BillieBob

Hi we’ve recently put in a freestanding fridge freezer to our new kitchen (in an old house) and one query I’m not sure on is whether the fridge freezer should be connected into the electrics of the house via a spur (with a isolator switch attached) like is standard for ovens and hobs or is it sufficient that the fridge freezer is plugged in like any other normal appliance? Are the rules be different for an integrated fridge freezer versus a freestanding one?

I would appreciate if someone knows the regulations for what we should do fill me in or point me towards where I might find the answer?

Thanks

Seve OB

any fridge in any house I've ever lived in has always just been plugged in

Sleepy

I've never heard of a fridge / freezer being anything other than a plug in. I'd presume the walk-ins used commercially would be connected directly to a fuse board but can't imagine it for a domestic fridge.

listermint

Standard socket.

Cerco

If accessible, standard socket. If inaccessible then accessible isolation switch feeding standard socket. I would use a switched fused spur to socket.

DublinDilbert

Cerco wrote: »

If accessible, standard socket. If inaccessible then accessible isolation switch feeding standard socket. I would use a switched fused spur to socket.

I wouldn't use a switched fused spur outlet, if i could avoid it. A double pole switch would be a better choice, you've got a fuse in the plug top no need for a second one in the switch.

Cerco

DublinDilbert wrote: »

I wouldn't use a switched fused spur outlet, if i could avoid it. A double pole switch would be a better choice, you've got a fuse in the plug top no need for a second one in the switch.

I take your point.

Kevin Finnerty

If it's under a worktop, double pole switch. Accessible, plugtop.

J.R.

Did it not come with a moulded, 3 pin, fused plug attached ? - which would answer the question