kitchen been fitted

[TonyC87]

Hello,
I have just had my kitchen fitted except for the hood because of my poor choices when the house was rewired. The oven and hob are on a partition wall, well now the other half has got a hood she wants up. I have located a 2.5mm2 cable that I believe runs to the hob. Can I cut this and put a DP fused outlet on it and have the one cable running both appliances considering both have a low power demand?

Thanks

TC

 

[EFLImpudence]

Well, electrically, you could as long as all relevant regulations are considered - routing, loading, etc.

BUT

it is unlikely that the hob is on 2.5mm.

 

[TonyC87]

Thanks. If it is not feeding the hob I'm slightly unsure as to what it is feeding. Ill phone the electrician who rewired the place and see what he says.

Thanks again

tony

 

[flyingsparks]

Is it electric hob or gas with electric ignition?

 

[Iggifer]

if it's a gas hob and only needs a sparker it could be fed in 2.5 no?

edit - damn too slow

 

[EFLImpudence]

Didn't think of that.

There's also an oven.

 

[TonyC87]

Sorry yeah should have stated gas hob.

 

[TonyC87]

if it's a gas hob and only needs a sparker it could be fed in 2.5 no?"

I believe you may be right.

Tony

 

[Lectrician]

As long as the 2.5 is not a spur from a ring final already.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Your first action should be to identify the circuit, should not really go on assumptions.
You must also take in to account certain requirements regarding buried cable.
Such as permitted safe zones, RCD protection, accessible joints.

 

[JohnW2]

As long as the 2.5 is not a spur from a ring final already.

True, and I suppose it's quite likely that it is, unless it derives from a cooker circuit (which would raise other questions!).

We have to talk/advise in terms of compliance with the regulations, but I think that this is one of those situations in which the word of the regs is not really flexible enough. Would anyone out there actually see any electrical problem (or even non-compliance with the spirit of the regs) in having a fixed-wired gas hob igniter and a fixed-wired cooker hood (via an FCU) supplied by (if that's what it proved to be) the same spur from a ring final? After all, it perfectly compliant to have an unfused spur supply up to 20A via double socket!

Kind Regards, John

 

[TonyC87]

It would appear my hob is on the kitchen ring mains as apposed to being a spur. The location I wish to place the switch is on the route the electrician had placed the original cable. Both the hob and hood instructions state they need a 3A fuse. So I dont think loading is a massive concern. There are no spurs on the mains ring at current.

 

[JohnW2]

It would appear my hob is on the kitchen ring mains as apposed to being a spur. The location I wish to place the switch is on the route the electrician had placed the original cable. Both the hob and hood instructions state they need a 3A fuse. So I dont think loading is a massive concern. There are no spurs on the mains ring at current.

Fair enough - so what is the cable you found - part of the ring? If so, and if there's enough spare cable to do it, you could break that and insert an FCU for the hood (again, still as part of the ring), give or take all the other considerations which have been mentioned by PBoD and others.

Kind Regards, John

 

[TonyC87]

Thank you to everyone that has commented on this. Advice is what makes the world go round. Would say Ild return the favour but I think its unlikely to be required.


Tony