HI, i need to wire in a cooker hood and was going to simply put a 2.5mm twin & earth spur from the back of my 40a/6mm cooker socket.
I would run this 2.5mm to a fused switched fcu. and then flex from this to the cooker hood/extractor fan & light.
My question is: Is this OK to do this and is it safe ? as a lad at work has said you should never spur your cooker circuit?. I cant really see the problem as long as the 40a circuit is not overloaded, currently my cooker is stated 15amp and im not sure of the load on the extractor without rummaging about inside but cant imagine that its above 10amp.
Also I have another extraction fan in the kitchen and was wondering if I could also wire this flex into the same FCU ??
Any comments and expert guidance would be helpful.
thanks. Steve
I would run this 2.5mm to a fused switched fcu. and then flex from this to the cooker hood/extractor fan & light.
My question is: Is this OK to do this and is it safe ? as a lad at work has said you should never spur your cooker circuit?. I cant really see the problem as long as the 40a circuit is not overloaded, currently my cooker is stated 15amp and im not sure of the load on the extractor without rummaging about inside but cant imagine that its above 10amp.
Also I have another extraction fan in the kitchen and was wondering if I could also wire this flex into the same FCU ??
Any comments and expert guidance would be helpful.
thanks. Steve