Replace a cooker switch

[73jonathan123]

Hi there, thanks in advance for any advice.

I'm swapping my old stand alone oven, hob, grill with a new stand alone oven, hob, grill and installing an extractor fan above.

I have the usual above worktop cooker switch with the switched socket attached.

Obviously, I'll wire in the cooker to the existing under counter connection but what's the best way to connect the extractor?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Are you connecting the ovens to the cooker switch as well through Cooker Outlet Connectors?

If so, you can connect the hood via a Fused Connector Unit to any of the other connectors.


I like to have all the cooking appliances covered by the cooker switch but that's just me.

 

[pete01]

FCU from a local socket or the lighting circuit or the cooker circuit, whatever is easier

 

[73jonathan123]

Thanks for the speedy replies and excuse my ignorance but do you mean I can just wire the extractor hood into the under counter connection alongside the cooker?

 

[73jonathan123]

By that, I mean wire the extractor into the same connection as the cooker.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Yes - but if you are fitting cooker and ovens you will need a couple of these:

45A Dual Appliance/Cooker Outlet Plate - White | Scolmore (PRW217)

 

[73jonathan123]

Hi there, thanks for the advice but I've probably not been clear. I'm replacing a stand alone cooker with a new stand alone cooker. Can I just wire the extractor into the same under counter connection controlled by the same above counter switch?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Oh yes, sorry I was thinking you were now going to fit separate ovens.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

By that, I mean wire the extractor into the same connection as the cooker.

Yes, if you fuse it down, with a fused, spur unit - but it might be easier, to connect the fan to the lighting circuit, dependant upon access to the circuit in the ceiling above.

 

[73jonathan123]

So, I should take a cable from the under counter cooker connection and install a fused spur unit with a switch above the counter to control the extractor?

 

[EFLImpudence]

So, I should take a cable from the under counter cooker connection and install a fused spur unit with a switch above the counter to control the extractor?

Yes - you can put it up by the hood if you want.

Concealed cable must run only vertically or horizontally from the connector and switch.

 

[Murdochcat]

Just don’t put the connection inside the chimney

 

[73jonathan123]

I wouldn't want to damage it. The price of new chimneys has gone through the roof.