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Switches for electric hob/cooker
Anonymous user 14/03/2024 - 2.32 PM
I have an electric oven and separate electric hob. I have one cooker power switch which when turned off turns off both appliances. Do you now require a separate switch for each appliance? If yes then how easy is this to do? Can you run a spur off the existing wiring? Or i also have a switch for an extraction fan , can this be utilised for the hob as well as the extraction ? Or is the one cooker switch ok ?
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Electrical Safety Services
Rating: 5 out of 5
A single switch that controls both the oven and hob is compliant with BS7671:2008, so no need to install an extra switch.
Answered10 April 2014
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Emelec Electrical Services
Rating: 5 out of 5
Depends on the load (kW rating) of the electric oven and electric hob.
Answered11 April 2014
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Anonymous user
Most fan cookers need a 13 amp fuse so one switch wouldn't be ok, there's a junction box that takes 2 6mm cables and a 2.5mm, run the 2.5mm to a fuse spur within 2 meters of the junction box preferably next to it, then out to the cooker. and the 6mm in and out of the original switch.
Answered11 April 2014
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