Electrical Connection for Cooker Hood

[Fred999]

Help !!

Trying to fit a new cooker hood and thought (probably wrongly) that I could attach a 3 pin plug and plug it in and away we go.

Two questions:

I have read on here that this is ok but use a 3 amp fuse in the plug ?

Secondly, the cable that has been supplied with the unit is not long enough to reach the socket - without taking the whole unit apart to fit a longer cable (nigh on impossible due to its design) what are my options ?

Use a junction box and attach new cable and what size cable do I need ?

Or any other ideas ?

Any help would be appreciated.

Fred

 

[Fred999]

Any advice ?

 

[Steve]

you can wang a plug on it, with a 3 amp fuse, but where are you plugging it in? Where will the wire run?

 

[Fred999]

Wire will go over the top of the wall cabinet that supports it on right hand side, then behind those cabinets and down to a double plug socket that is mounted in the furthest cabinet away from the hood.

How can I extend the cable ? Wire it into a junction box and what size cable do i need to go to the plug ?

 

[Steve]

use a junction box preferably with glands
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/LB9025.html
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Images/Products/size_3/EK252B.JPG
and extend with same cable as before - probably 1.0mm² flex.