Since moving my consumer unit my cooker radial cable wont reach. Can I join it in the loft to new length and then get electrician to test and connect?
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Why didn't the electrician who moved the consumer unit extend ( or better replace ) the cable from the cooker when he (or she ) moved the consumer unit.
Junction boxes on cooker cables are not a good idea if they are out of sight and thus not routinely checked they can become loose and create a fire hazard.
Junction boxes on cooker cables are not a good idea if they are out of sight and thus not routinely checked they can become loose and create a fire hazard.
Who'd like to offer odds on the various possible reasons why not?
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It's common enough to join cables, sometimes you have no choice.
But what type of junction box were you planning to use? It's unlikely a regular 30 amp one would do, as very often cooker cable is too big for the terminals.
But what type of junction box were you planning to use? It's unlikely a regular 30 amp one would do, as very often cooker cable is too big for the terminals.
If a join is inevitable and crimping/soldering are not options, then (provided it will remain 'accessible') the best bet would probably be something like (click here) , namely:
Kind Regards, John
But it is a tad alarming that someone who moves a CU then asks "Can I join it in the loft to new length and then get electrician to test and connect?"
Maybe (just as many things we see here are 'a tad alarming'), but I'm far from convinced that the situation is quite as you appear to suspect. Someone who is asking whether he needs to get an electrician to 'test and connect' an extension to one circuit is, I would have thought, very unlikely to have moved the CU himself without involvement of an electrician (unless, perhaps, we're talking about a trivial degree of physical 'moving' of the CU).
Kind Regards, John
Thanks all
When the consumer unit was moved to new location (by a qualified electrician) a year ago I had a gas cooker and didnt envisage needing the cooker circuit and so, as it was too short, decided to leave it unconnected in the loft. A new circuit would involve re-plastering most likely. The join would be in the loft, clear of any insulation etc, but would not routinely be inspected.
As for deciding what type of connection is most appropriate I would be glad of your suggestions...
When the consumer unit was moved to new location (by a qualified electrician) a year ago I had a gas cooker and didnt envisage needing the cooker circuit and so, as it was too short, decided to leave it unconnected in the loft. A new circuit would involve re-plastering most likely. The join would be in the loft, clear of any insulation etc, but would not routinely be inspected.
As for deciding what type of connection is most appropriate I would be glad of your suggestions...
Thanks for clarifying - as I implied in my last post, I suspected that the situation was probably something like that (some people tend to 'assume the worst'; I tend to 'assume the best'{innocent until proved guilty}!!).
That rather depends upon who is going to do it. If an electrician, you should leave the choice to him/her. If you're planning to do it yourself, then a big junction box, just as I depicted, would probably be the best - provided it remains 'accessible for inspection' that would be fine - there is no requirement for 'routine inspection'.
As for deciding who is to do the work, if the circuit is currently not connected to the CU, connecting it would presumably be regarded as 'installing a new circuit'. As such, it would be 'notifiable' work, and if you notified it to your LA yourself, that would involve a fee of at least a couple of hundred pounds, possibly a lot more. A registered 'self-certifying' electrician could do the notifying for very little cost.
Kind Regards, John
Thanks John this is very helpful..
What I would like to do is join in the loft and then get electrician to connect and test at the CU and notify LA..
I see this as a cost-effective solution rather than, as I suspect would be a likely outcome, an electrician preferring to run a complete new service which would spoil decorations and cost considerable more than the cost of the cooker...
What I would like to do is join in the loft and then get electrician to connect and test at the CU and notify LA..
I see this as a cost-effective solution rather than, as I suspect would be a likely outcome, an electrician preferring to run a complete new service which would spoil decorations and cost considerable more than the cost of the cooker...
It's not necessarily as simple as that, so I suggests you discuss the matter with the electrician of your choice before you do any work. The person who notifies the work has to declare that they have been responsible for all the design, installation and testing.
Kind Regards, John
I tend to assume people mean what they write.
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