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Gas Hob and electric oven

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.02 PM

Hi all Just having our kitchen refitted and we did have a red oven switch on the wall that went to a double socket underneath the worksurface that switched the hob igniter and electric oven on and off. The fitters have said that this was unsafe as it was 30Amps and should not go to a double socket and removed the red switch and replaced it with a normal double socket (above the work surface) which apparently we can use for kettles etc they then just took a live feed from another socket down underneath the worksurface to a double socket and plugged the oven and hob in that way? I had a electrician come round the other day to do some other work and he said that the hob and oven should be on its own circuit with the red isolator switch what's your views on this? The hob is gas The oven is electric (0.95 kWh)

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Rating: 5 out of 5

Epsom

The Gas hob only requires electric to switch the electric ignitor. So practically nothing. The oven rating is very low. You can plug an oven up to 2kw into a conventional 13amp plug socket. Basically your arrangement is fine but an electric hob would need it's own dedicated circuit of no less than 6mm and 32amps.

Answered29 April 2016

Anonymous user

The correct answer depends on the power rating of the oven and hob. Belt and braces would be to run a 40A circuit for the oven to a cooker control unit above worktop, then feed from the switch / isolator side, a 40A flex outlet plate below to feed the oven, control is then acheived from the switch above. For the ignitor, this should not be fed from this circuit as it is not fused down to protect the ignitor flex. Instead the ignitor should be fed from a spur on the kitchen ring final circuit, feeding a 6 amp flex outlet or unswitched socket below worktop. Hope that helps. Regards Keith Burrell if the oven is 0.95 KWH that equates to just over 4 amps ? please check as that appears far too low. call if you like my Builder can give you my details or look at the web kindest regards keith

Answered28 April 2016