Re: (2007-12-06) New survey on the RFC site: Small kitchen appliances

Oh pshaw, on Thu 06 Dec 2007 12:03:31p, ChattyCathy meant to say...

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
Oh pshaw, on Thu 06 Dec 2007 11:41:52a, ChattyCathy meant to say...


Which brings me to another "pet peeve" of mine.... Why don't building
contractors ever install enough plug-points in a kitchen? This kitchen
is the closest I have come to 'almost' enough of them.

Some do, Cathy. Our current kitchen has 6 double wall outlets at
regular intervals around the counter. There are an addition 2 double
outlets installed on the island, one at each end. These were not
special order, but rather a standard with this house.

Hmm. I just checked the kitchen. I have 3 double outlets + the adapter
block which extends it by another 4 plug-points.... But this house is 19
years old, so I guess in "those days" it was considered more than
enough.

Age is probably the factor. There weren't as many dedicated foodies back
then, nor as many options in portable appliances.

What we don't have are wall outlets in any of our rooms that are
controlled by a wall switch. What we do have is 1 wall switch per room
which controls a ceiling outlet. Since we opted to install ceiling
fans in each room (except the dining room and kitchen), there is no way
to turn on a lamp in those rooms other than going to the lamp itself
and using its switch. There are some wireless control options I've
been looking at to remedy this "dark" situation.

Funny enough, rest of the house is fine for things like light switches
etc.. In fact there is an abundance of "two-way" switches for lights and
the ceiling fans.... And all the bedrooms have two double outlets each,
so does the dining room.

We have lots of wall outlets in all the rooms, just none controlled by a
switch. I should have specified this with the builder. They probably
assumed that I would be installing ceiling lights. :-(

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Wayne Boatwright

Date: Thu, 12(XII)/6(VI)/2007(MMVII)

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