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I've had a search and can't really find a definitive answer. If anybody can point me to the relevant (free and online) section of the regs that would be enough.
I'm planning the new kitchen layout. At the moment cooking with gas. Will be converting to a built in double oven.
So that will need a new circuit, yes? The consumer unit is new, with each circuit individually protected with a combined MCB/RCD (well, except the bell transformer). Even though it cost a lot more, I went for that for safety. I've got 5 spare holes, or whatever they're called.
Measuring as the crow flies it's 2 metres from the CU to where the nearest side of the oven will be.
Do I need a separate isolating cooker point thingy? The thing is that with the current kitchen plan wherever it goes it will either be behind a free standing fridge or at the back of the oven unit with a cut out or down a very narrow gap on one side of the oven. In other words in an emergency it will actually be less accessible than taking two steps to the CU and turning off there.
Does a MCB/RCD count as an 'isolator'? Or even the big red 'turn off all the electricity to the house' switch?
Thanks.
I'm planning the new kitchen layout. At the moment cooking with gas. Will be converting to a built in double oven.
So that will need a new circuit, yes? The consumer unit is new, with each circuit individually protected with a combined MCB/RCD (well, except the bell transformer). Even though it cost a lot more, I went for that for safety. I've got 5 spare holes, or whatever they're called.
Measuring as the crow flies it's 2 metres from the CU to where the nearest side of the oven will be.
Do I need a separate isolating cooker point thingy? The thing is that with the current kitchen plan wherever it goes it will either be behind a free standing fridge or at the back of the oven unit with a cut out or down a very narrow gap on one side of the oven. In other words in an emergency it will actually be less accessible than taking two steps to the CU and turning off there.
Does a MCB/RCD count as an 'isolator'? Or even the big red 'turn off all the electricity to the house' switch?
Thanks.