Big Les Wade wrote:
Steve posted
I have an old cooker hood, which plugs into a 13A socket behind the
removable stainless steel chimney. The socket is supplied by a switched
FCU. I want to replace the cooker hood but the new one says it must be
permanently wired-in (because it is a fixed appliance, I believe).

Is there any problem with simply fitting a 13A plug to the new hood and
using it with the existing 13A socket (with a suitable fuse in the FCU of
course)? Are there any technical or legal (Part P) reasons I
shouldn't do
this? Presumably just plugging something in won't involve Part P. Or
will
it?..).

I bought a cooker hood just a few months ago and it came with a 3 pin
plug already. I doubt the regulations have changed since then. Even if
they have, nobody is going to care.


I don't think you can say that because one model of an appliance comes
with a manufacturer's stipulation to hard-wire it, and other one comes
with a 3-pin plug attached, that this is automatic justification to
ignore the instructions on the first one.

But in this case it's hard to see why the OP's plan wouldn't be OK
(especially with the 13A plug hidden behind/within the hood).

David