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Hi all,
We've recently had a 32a cooker circuit installed in anticipation of moving from a gas oven (left in the house we kust bought) to dual fuel. When the electrician came to have a look he and my partner agreed the isolator would go inside a bottom cupboard less than a metre away laterally from the cooker. When they came back to actually install the circuit, despite cutting a hole in the cupboard for the switch they ended up putting it in the cupboard under the stairs, about 2.6 metres away. The reasoning wasn't explained. I assumed the switch would meet regulations there but I'm a complete novice.
We're now finding retailers of the cooker we've chosen won't install it because the isolator is more than 1.5m from the cooker. We're not sure how to proceed or what our options are. Can we ask the electrician to move the switch to the originally agreed point? Is that the optimal solution?
Any advice would be really appreciated. Thanks in advance.
We've recently had a 32a cooker circuit installed in anticipation of moving from a gas oven (left in the house we kust bought) to dual fuel. When the electrician came to have a look he and my partner agreed the isolator would go inside a bottom cupboard less than a metre away laterally from the cooker. When they came back to actually install the circuit, despite cutting a hole in the cupboard for the switch they ended up putting it in the cupboard under the stairs, about 2.6 metres away. The reasoning wasn't explained. I assumed the switch would meet regulations there but I'm a complete novice.
We're now finding retailers of the cooker we've chosen won't install it because the isolator is more than 1.5m from the cooker. We're not sure how to proceed or what our options are. Can we ask the electrician to move the switch to the originally agreed point? Is that the optimal solution?
Any advice would be really appreciated. Thanks in advance.