I am extending the ground floor ring main to go into a new kitchen extension and need to make provision for a cooker hood. How is a cooker hood treated by the wiring regs? Is it a fixed installation needing a dedicated spur to a fused switch? Or can it be wired to a plug and go into a 'normal' socket?
Cooker hood elecrical installation
May 16, 2006
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I suppose part of the question will be answered by looking at the cable for the cooker hood, does it have a plug already attached to it? If so then it's not fixed.
I guess the main thing is can you isolate the hood from the supply without having to touch it?
When I installed my cooker hood, I took a double pole switched fused spur from the ring. This then terminated in a single socket concealed by the chimney of the hood. The hood then plugged into this socket.
The spur was correctly embedded into the wall, hence no visible cables.
I am not an electrican so this is only an opinion.
On 16 May 2006 08:22:10 -0700 someone who may be "crimp" wrote this:-
If you are in England or Wales have you done Mr Prescott's paperwork?
Put in a switched fused connection unit, either on the ring or (if it would meet the requirements) an unfused spur. Run a cable from that to the unit. It will probably make sense to remove the fuse and wire the cable to the right position now, terminating in a suitable junction box.
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