Question: Cooker hood power supply location

[missgravergaard]

Hi all

I am having a cooker hood fitted and need the power supply fitted first, but i would like to know if it would be ok to have the socket/spur unit onside the chimney/flue so it is hidden? it is one of those circulating cooker hoods with a filter in so the flue is only decorative as the filter is just on top of the triangular bit and the metal box up the wall is just empty.

The reason is that i feel i have plenty of switches in the kitchen already and would like to be able to hide some.

Not sure that is very well explained but as you can probably guess this is not an area i am familiar with so any advice will be very welcome.

Thanks

 

[holmslaw]

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[Taylortwocities]

Do not put it inside the hood/chimney/.

A common reason for the fuse blowing in an FCU if an extractor fan is the lamp blowing. Do you really want to disassemble the cooker hood each time a bulb goes?

 

[Click4]

In our kitchen, it has a socket behind the chimney/cover so its all hidden for the extractor hood to plug into, a socket because the extractor came with a moulded plug.

then that feeds into an FCU isolator above the worktop next to the kitchen socket.

So it can quickly and easily be isolated, and is accessible for fuse changes.

 

[riveralt]

All isolation points should be clearly visible and easily accessible......

Other will say the isolation points can be hidden away in cupboards etc.

Nothing wrong with the FCU being placed inside a cupboard as long as it is accessible - alternatively incorporate it into a grid switch/fuse - looks a lot neater.

 

[holmslaw]

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[Click4]

Dont think inside a cuboard is classed as easily accessible?

because putting an isolator inside a cuboard means its at risk of being obstructed.. and if you have to pull out half the cuboard to get to it in an emergency? not really practical.

also, if it requires maintenance its a little inaccessible to work on.

 

[holmslaw]

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