Gas cooker - electrical power for light/ignition.

[wetfeet]

Thinking of getting a new gas cooker; it requires electric mains (3A) for ignition and the light inside. But the only power point on that wall has a fridge-freezer plugged into it. Fridge-freezer manual says that the molded plug has 13A fuse, but if it's cut off and replaced by another plug, that should have a 5A fuse. So would it be safe to just use a multi-pin socket and plug cooker and fridge-freezer into same socket 13A socket?

Only other thing: the cooker mains lead would go right past where the gas pipe emerges from the floor, next to the wall.

I don't want the disruption of any electral re-wiring going on, so would get a battery 'powered' one but they seem to be the cheaper models looking at the Cannons.

 

[Chri5]

What's the existing cooker powered by?

Or is it so old that it doesn't have an oven light, LCD display or electrically powered ignition?

It's poor practice to over load a socket and to add a multi socket adaptor, although not illegal.

Could you not extend (if required ) the cord flex that will come with the cooker and route the cable towards a counter top socket?

 

[JohnD]

A single socket can be changed to a double easily enough, doesn't need rewiring but it will either be a surface box, or need some retiling/redecoration where a new box has been cut in. However since this is in the kitchen it should be done by an electrician who is a member of a self-certification scheme.

In your position I would probably buy a multi-way extension. Cheap and easy.

Next time you have plenty of money and are doing up the kitchen, make sure you have lots of outlets installed.

 

[wetfeet]

The old one uses a battery.

But *is* it overloading the socket when the fridge-freezer can apparently live with a 5A fuse? Extending the flex would entail taking up floor boards; there are doors in the way.


JohnD, now that's what I wanted to hear.

 

[DESL]

Or fit one of these

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/CPE25slash1C.html

 

[Steve]

Use a 2-way adaptor or a multiway as johnd suggested. You can get 2-socket versions.

Your fridge frezer will have about 20 amps initial startup, but will run at about 2 amps (about 200w tops). It is safe to put this on a 5 amp fuse, on an adaptor, as long as the total load on one socket does not exceed 13 amps constant / 3000w.

 

[wetfeet]

Thanks all.