Hello, as part of a kitchen makeover I’m replacing a slot-in gas cooker with a Neff built-in single oven, and a Russell Hobbs gas hob.
The oven is going into a new base unit and is rated at 2.99kW / 13A. It comes with a flex connection that plugs into the rear of the oven, and the other end of the flex has the three exposed cores with no plug.
I phoned Neff to see whether a 13A plug can be fitted, and the guy said that hardwiring the flex to a cooker outlet plate is preferable, but he went on to say that some electricians just put a plug on it.
The gas hob has a moulded 13A plug for the ignition and - I presume - for the no-flame cut-off.
We have a dedicated 30A cooker circuit, as originally fitted when the house was built 35 years ago. It runs from a Wylex CU (I replaced the rewirable fuses with MCBs) to an MK CCU with socket (which is used for a kettle). It then runs to the cooker outlet plate, which has been substituted for a 13A socket for the ignition of our gas oven.
Obviously, the easiest thing to do is to put a plug on the oven flex and fit a double socket in place of the single, but if hardwiring is preferable then we're looking at running a 13A socket from the outlet plate.
I don't want the aggro of running a spur from a wall socket, which is why I want to run from the cooker circuit. I’ve collated various bits of info on this, and I’m thinking to proceed as per the attached plan.
Any advice would be very much appreciated. Thank you
The oven is going into a new base unit and is rated at 2.99kW / 13A. It comes with a flex connection that plugs into the rear of the oven, and the other end of the flex has the three exposed cores with no plug.
I phoned Neff to see whether a 13A plug can be fitted, and the guy said that hardwiring the flex to a cooker outlet plate is preferable, but he went on to say that some electricians just put a plug on it.
The gas hob has a moulded 13A plug for the ignition and - I presume - for the no-flame cut-off.
We have a dedicated 30A cooker circuit, as originally fitted when the house was built 35 years ago. It runs from a Wylex CU (I replaced the rewirable fuses with MCBs) to an MK CCU with socket (which is used for a kettle). It then runs to the cooker outlet plate, which has been substituted for a 13A socket for the ignition of our gas oven.
Obviously, the easiest thing to do is to put a plug on the oven flex and fit a double socket in place of the single, but if hardwiring is preferable then we're looking at running a 13A socket from the outlet plate.
I don't want the aggro of running a spur from a wall socket, which is why I want to run from the cooker circuit. I’ve collated various bits of info on this, and I’m thinking to proceed as per the attached plan.
Any advice would be very much appreciated. Thank you