Hi all!
I am installing an electric oven and a gas hob where previously there was an all-in-one all-electric hob/oven unit.
In the wall, I have a nice big 6mm^2 cooker radial circuit, going via an appropriate isolator switch, down to a flex outlet. This setup is perfect for the electric oven. But the gas hob (to my surprise!) also needs to be wired in for the ignition spark to work.
I'm not worried about loading, since the outlet available is suitable for 2x the load of the oven and hob combined. But I am concerned about the practicalities of wiring two devices into one flex outlet. Some options I see:
1) Wire both appliances into the same Flex Outlet (easiest, but dubious for regs)
2) Wire the flex outlet into a junction box/terminal block (with adequate rating) and split the flex into separate cables for the oven and the hob (I imagine OK?)
3) Wire the oven in, then daisy-chain the wiring connection on to the hob (probably a Bad Idea from a regs perspective)
Can anyone suggests which would be the most suitable way? Or if there is a different approach that's best?
Ta!
I am installing an electric oven and a gas hob where previously there was an all-in-one all-electric hob/oven unit.
In the wall, I have a nice big 6mm^2 cooker radial circuit, going via an appropriate isolator switch, down to a flex outlet. This setup is perfect for the electric oven. But the gas hob (to my surprise!) also needs to be wired in for the ignition spark to work.
I'm not worried about loading, since the outlet available is suitable for 2x the load of the oven and hob combined. But I am concerned about the practicalities of wiring two devices into one flex outlet. Some options I see:
1) Wire both appliances into the same Flex Outlet (easiest, but dubious for regs)
2) Wire the flex outlet into a junction box/terminal block (with adequate rating) and split the flex into separate cables for the oven and the hob (I imagine OK?)
3) Wire the oven in, then daisy-chain the wiring connection on to the hob (probably a Bad Idea from a regs perspective)
Can anyone suggests which would be the most suitable way? Or if there is a different approach that's best?
Ta!