Electrical connection for a gas oven

[wbmkk]

A few years ago, we had a built in electric oven and gas hob removed and replaced with an all electric, stand-alone oven. We really wanted to stick with gas, but a couple of major shops were saying gas ovens are hardly available as electric was 'the way to go'

Now, the grill is broken, so we feel it's just as easy to get a new oven .. this time it'll be a stand-alone gas oven (Argos have plenty)

The existing electric cable feeding the cooker is simply a large wire, coming directly from the consumer unit, under the floorboards and connecting directly to the cooker.

I understand all gas cookers will still need a power supply. How long a cable is usually supplied.

Would it be Ok to ask the electrician to install a cooker outlet and backing box (see image) on the inside of the adjacent cupboard .. hopefully straight

The cooker is at the end of the row of kitchen base units.

** Maybe I just need a 'normal' socket outlet, rather than a specific cooker one

 

[pete01]

Would it be Ok to ask the electrician to install a cooker outlet and backing box (see image) on the inside of the adjacent cupboard

Yes or probably just a single socket for the ignition

 

[wbmkk]

Yes or probably just a single socket for the ignition

Thanks .. I hadn't refreshed the page so didn't see your message until I added an extra line to my posting.

 

[ericmark]

Be it a socket or a fused connection unit (FCU) easy enough to get a supply for spark igniter, but also with gas there needs to be some extraction of the exhaust, and you may want that to also come from the same supply, and gas rules are quite strict, space around an appliance etc.

The solid fuel and electric ovens have dampers and multi-elements allowing heat from bottom, side, back and top including closed door grilling, so since so much more controllable, there has been a move to electric, but gas can have so odd extras, I remember 1980 looking at a gas oven with built-in microwave, and said wife could have one, at £1000 and that was 1980, breathed a shy of relieve when she decided she did not want pans balanced on little fingers, and felt the ceramic hob was safer.

Since then the electric cooker has moved on, the induction hob makes all before it look so slow. But must admit is the lack of safety features which resulted in using electric, never even considered how hot the kitchen gets, closed door grilling etc. And to be frank, finding cook books using the new functions seems to be hard, Mrs Beaton should have instructions about dampers, but nothing about gas it was not invented back then.