oven +gas hob on ring main

[Batfink182]

Hi,

I am planing a new ring for my kitchen (all to be notified and above board) i am also putting in a new single oven 2.8kw and a gas hob. I was anticipating putting in a radial for the oven but since it can be wired to a 13A plug i am now considering placing a dp switch on the ring above the worktop and connecting this to two non switched single sockets below the worktop. I will then rely on the 13A plug top fuse for the oven and a 3A plug top fuse for the hob.
Would you consider this to be the best practice or would a radial still be preferable? is it ok to have two sockets connected to the one switch providing they are both wired directly to it (2.5mm T&E)?

Thanks

 

[Steve]

more preferable to your description would be a 13A FCU above the worktop and 2 flex outlet plates below.

 

[Batfink182]

But if i did that then surely the hob ignition would not be adquatly protected as it will require a 3A fuse? or did you mean two fcu's?

 

[Steve]

But if i did that then surely the hob ignition would not be adquatly protected as it will require a 3A fuse? or did you mean two fcu's?

yeah, go on then . . . wasnt thinking properly.

 

[RF Lighting]

I would still prefer to wire it on a seperate radial from the CU. The kitchen ring will be easy enough to load up with washer, kettle, microwave, toaster, fridge, etc without an extra (nearly) 13 amps from the oven.

 

[JohnD]

If you're putting it in from scratch, there's a lot to be said for a radial (or two) even though, with your current loads, you could run each of them off a fused plug.

You can put in a radial now that will carry enough amps to supply an electric hob or range if you or someone else should take a fancy to one later.