New Cooker Hood

[Aberdeen1981]

Evening all.

Kitchen refit planned, the old extractor fan was plugged into a socket which was high up on the wall (hidden by the cabinets).

The new cooker hood has arrived and is not fitted a plug, to be honest, the socket location would mean that any plug is visible so I'd rather not go down that route anyway.

What would be the most suitable method of getting power to the hood? Is it possible to use the wiring currently feeding the socket?

 

[ColJack]

can't see can't say..
give us a photo and we'll advise more.

also need to know the switching arangements etc..

 

[Aberdeen1981]

Thanks

http://yfrog.com/0t16072009087j or http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/6342/16072009087.jpg Should take you to a photo.

Grateful for any advice.

 

[oharaf]

You could replace this with a FCU and hardwire to it. You could extend it so it came further down the wall nearer the hood and use an FCU

 

[TicklyT]

Or extend down to a switched FCU just above counter top level in line with the other accessories, then cable back up to a flex outlet plate.....

.....Is it jist me, or does anybody else find the relationship between the cooker switch position and the old cupboard mounting holes above it just a bit worrying....?

 

[scarypants]

.....Is it jist me, or does anybody else find the relationship between the cooker switch position and the old cupboard mounting holes above it just a bit worrying....?

I'd be more concerned about where to cooker isolation switch is, in relationship to the cooker if a hob was above it! and socket-outlet at the other side.

 

[ericmark]

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• ericmark
• 17 Jul 2009
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Job done?

 

[Steve]

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• ericmark
• 17 Jul 2009
• 1

Job done?

Why?

And I'm more worried about the CCU's safe zones, directly above it there are three holes for mounting a cupboard. And look at the cable direction from the CCU - UP!