gas cooker connectors

tpg500 · 2 Aug 2008

Hi I'm looking at getting a new gas cooker to replace my old one. The old one is connected to the wall using a bayonet hose. The one I'm looking at getting (2nd hand) has got a micropoint hose.

Are there adaptors to connect these two (micropoint hose into a bayonet socket)? Or is my fitter going to have to change the socket on the wall? I had a quick look in the screwfix catalogue and it said the screw end of the bayonet hose was 1/2" whereas the micropoint hose was 3/8", does this mean that cookers are either micropoint OR bayonet, and not interchangeable.

I know this is really basic stuff but I want to minimise the fitting costs, so if the wall mounted gas socket doesn't need to be changed then all the better.

Thanks
Tim

clf-gas · 2 Aug 2008

no it will need changeing.
so should the hose that is connected to the replacement cooker, infact, the cooker should not be fitted unless instructions are with it, but most of us RGI's have common sense

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Gasguru · 2 Aug 2008

I hope you realise that most secondhand cookers are junk and sold illegally (most seconhand cooker shopes operate illegally). In fact these cooker shops sell such carp that seperate legislation was brought in in an effort to improve the standards (it made no difference). The secondhand cooker should operate exactly as if were new and come complete with user/installation manual.

The installer will fit a new 1/2 hose to the cooker. I hope you have told him it is seccondhand. If you are in a flat or property with a communal entrance the cooker willl need to have flame supervisory devices fitted to each burner (not many do).

tpg500 · 2 Aug 2008

I can vouch for the oven as its from a family member.

I've looked at some new cookers online and none of them say whether they use a bayonet connector or a micropoint connector so if I were to get a new one how would i ensure that the socket doesn't need to be changed?

It seems crazy that the hoses are not interchangeable at the cooker end.

Gasguru · 2 Aug 2008

New cookers don't come with a hose, just a 1/2 connection on the back.

A hose is fitted on installation according to the wall outlet type.

clf-gas · 2 Aug 2008

It also seems you are planning on fitting it yourself.

Why so many questions as to bayonet or micropoint.

WDIK · 2 Aug 2008

tpg500 said:
I can vouch for the oven as its from a family member.

I've looked at some new cookers online and none of them say whether they use a bayonet connector or a micropoint connector so if I were to get a new one how would i ensure that the socket doesn't need to be changed?

It seems crazy that the hoses are not interchangeable at the cooker end.

the hose is a gas part and as such you need an rgi with relevent element to fit a new hose.

new cookers dont come with fitted hoses they're not vacumn cleaners or fridges.

tpg500 · 2 Aug 2008

so would I be able to change the micropoint hose on the newer cooker for a standard bayonet hose without any problems?

clf-gas · 2 Aug 2008

tpg500 said:
so would I be able to change the micropoint hose on the newer cooker for a standard bayonet hose without any problems?

It will cost you £50/60 to have the cooker fitted. you have been given the info you wanted, now ask the nice man at the diy store which hose he thinks is best.

PS, hope your house is standing long enough to finish your Sunday lunch.

tpg500 · 2 Aug 2008

I'm really just inquisitive, I would never ever put my wife's or my own life in danger by doing something I wasn't safe to do.

From here (//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=82687) I was under the impression that it is safe for consumers to plug or unplug a bayonet connector for a free-standing cooker. I then noticed there are two different types of connector and was wondering how the two relate - I'm pretty sure that isn't go to blow my house up!

ChrisR · 2 Aug 2008

so would I be able to change the micropoint hose on the newer cooker for a standard bayonet hose without any problems?

No, you wouldn't. There's a whole list of things you'd need to know. Half a page of stuff about cooker installations, and the same about gas installations generally.
Some people do get away with it, but others don't get away with it, because they don't know what they should be doing. You would have no way of telling which group you were in.

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