Wiring Ignitor For Gas Hob?

[wokeye]

I have just had a kitchen installed and I have forgotten to put in a point for the gas hob ignitor. I have an electric oven by the way. I was wondering would it be possible to take a spur off the cooker connection and run some 2.5 mm twin and earthed into a fused switch with a 3 amp fitted? Any help please

 

[sparky40]

I believe that the existing cable size, and size of the mcb are needed to advise on this.

 

[cozycats]

Wokeye you should be fine with this. If only a single oven check the rating on it and if lee than 3kw this ought to be plugged into a socket or switched fused spur with 13a fuse.

 

[securespark]

This extract from one of my technical sheets:

Appendix 8 of the On-Site Guide advises that water heaters fitted to storage vessels in excess of 15 litres capacity are to be supplied by their own separate circuit.

However, other than the above, BS7671 allows additional equipment to be connected to a radial circuit supplying fixed or stationary equipment, providing the following conditions are met:

That the existing circuit is capable of supplying the total design current, i.e. that of the existing equipment plus that of the proposed equipment.

That the cable used to supply the proposed equipment on the circuit is suited to both that total design current and the rating of the fuse or MCB feeding that circuit.

That if necessary, provision is made for fusing down and any isolators required to comply with regulations are installed.

Although BS7671 allows this practice, engineers are advised to follow the guidance laid down by the NICEIC, namely that a radial circuit intended to supply fixed or stationary equipment should not supply any other load.