Hi DIYers,
After many hours of trying to find a straight answer online I decided it was time to ask.
I have a 32A cooker control unit (and fused circuit) with a 13A socket in it, this is above the work top. There is a single outlet behind the unit under the worktop (32A) for the cooker.
What I want to do is use this for a new built in electric oven as instructed in the installation instructions but I also need to generate a 13A socket for the gas hob igniter below the counter level. I would like it to be controlled from the cooker isolation switch above the hob along side the oven.
It occurred to me it would the easiest to spur wire a surface mounted socket into the outlet along side the the cooker supply. Some people seem to think this is OK some others not. Obviously the hob will be fused through the plug supplied if I use a socket.
Is there a better way of doing it that does not cost the earth? The hob igniter cant use much power can it? If I did run a spur cable from the 32A supply could I use standard electrical cable (for a 13A fused device) to the surface mounted socket? Also wat fuse should I put in the igniter, I assume 3A or 5A would be OK?
I don't want to spend much money now as I we are not well off and I will have to rewire the house at some point anyway. This is just to be safe!
After many hours of trying to find a straight answer online I decided it was time to ask.
I have a 32A cooker control unit (and fused circuit) with a 13A socket in it, this is above the work top. There is a single outlet behind the unit under the worktop (32A) for the cooker.
What I want to do is use this for a new built in electric oven as instructed in the installation instructions but I also need to generate a 13A socket for the gas hob igniter below the counter level. I would like it to be controlled from the cooker isolation switch above the hob along side the oven.
It occurred to me it would the easiest to spur wire a surface mounted socket into the outlet along side the the cooker supply. Some people seem to think this is OK some others not. Obviously the hob will be fused through the plug supplied if I use a socket.
Is there a better way of doing it that does not cost the earth? The hob igniter cant use much power can it? If I did run a spur cable from the 32A supply could I use standard electrical cable (for a 13A fused device) to the surface mounted socket? Also wat fuse should I put in the igniter, I assume 3A or 5A would be OK?
I don't want to spend much money now as I we are not well off and I will have to rewire the house at some point anyway. This is just to be safe!