Two circuits off cooker switch?

[xr4x4]

Hello.

Have a customer whose having kitchen redone, wants little clutter on walls, min of sockets, face plates etc.

He's having a built in single oven and microwave.

Would it be acceptable to run two 2.5 t&e cables from a 45amp cooker switch (fed 6mm cable, 32amp). To two fcus, or sockets for oven and microwave?

No more than a meter in distance.

Thanks in advance.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Yes.

However, (assuming buried cable) wouldn't it be better to run 6mm² (or 4) to the first FCU or socket so that it could be changed to a cooker outlet in the future if required?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Why only to the one of the accessories, not both?

Anyway...

He's having a built in single oven and microwave.

Are you sure that they (particularly the oven) are suitable for connection via an FCU or plug & socket?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Why only to the one of the accessories, not both?

Because it isn't necessary.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

The proposal was two cables from the switch each going to an FCU or a socket.

Even if you could define what you meant by "the first one" (the one closer to the switch?), how do you know which one should be be the one to be enabled for a change to a cooker outlet in the future?

 

[EFLImpudence]

I would think the one nearest (behind?) the cooker and then a branch to the other socket.

If either may be required for a cooker outlet then 4mm² could be used throughout.

I just thought two small (2.5mm²) cables buried behind tiles would be difficult to alter in the future.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I would think the one nearest (behind?) the cooker and then a branch to the other socket.

There isn't a cable running from the switch to an accessory and then on to the next one.

 

[EFLImpudence]

There isn't a cable running from the switch to an accessory and then on to the next one.

There will be at least one soon.

Would it be acceptable to run two 2.5 t&e cables from a 45amp cooker switch (fed 6mm cable, 32amp). To two fcus, or sockets for oven and microwave?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

However, (assuming buried cable) wouldn't it be better to run 6mm² (or 4) to the first FCU or socket so that it could be changed to a cooker outlet in the future if required?

Which is the first socket, the one that might need to be changed to a cooker outlet in the future, and therefore the one where it might be better to supply it with a 4mm² or 6mm² cable?

 

[EFLImpudence]

I doubt that is the planned route.

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• EFLImpudence
• 12 Sep 2014
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[ban-all-sheds]

I also doubt that your drawing is the planned route. I don't know why you bothered with it, as it clearly shows only one cable from the CCU to the accessories.

Would it be acceptable to run two 2.5 t&e cables from a 45amp cooker switch (fed 6mm cable, 32amp). To two fcus....

 

[EFLImpudence]

Would it be acceptable to run two 2.5 t&e cables from a 45amp cooker switch (fed 6mm cable, 32amp). To two fcus....

Yes.

However, (assuming buried cable) wouldn't it be better to run 6mm² (or 4) to the first FCU or socket so that it could be changed to a cooker outlet in the future if required?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

However, (assuming buried cable) wouldn't it be better to run 6mm² (or 4) to the first FCU or socket so that it could be changed to a cooker outlet in the future if required?

Which is the first socket, the one that might need to be changed to a cooker outlet in the future, and therefore the one where it might be better to supply it with a 4mm² or 6mm² cable?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Amendment 1 (2014)

Yes.

However, (assuming buried cable) wouldn't it be better to run 6mm² (or 4) to the first FCU or socket so that it could be changed to a cooker outlet in the future if required?

Of course, should the the two sockets/FCUs be horizontal from and in opposite directions from the cooker switch with the appliances plugged in above the worktop this suggestion may not be valid.

However, in the likelihood that the positioning of the appliances is more usual then it could be worth considering.
If it is decided to follow the suggestion yet it is not possible to deduce which is the first socket nor the oven socket (probably the one used for the oven) you may wish to use 4mm² cable between the two in order that either may be exchanged for a cooker outlet should the need arise in the future without having to renew or rechase any cabling - or

completely ignore.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

you may wish to use 4mm² cable between the two

Dear God.

There is no cable between the two.