On 16 Oct 2004 "Jason" wrote:

i m fitting a new kitchen and it includes a build in electric oven hob
and cooker hood. the cooker socket is half way up the wall not far
from where the cooker hood is being fitted. so the cooker socker needs
to be hidden lower down behind the cooker. is the a way to do it
without taking all the plaster off the wall? i think the wire runs down.
so do i just get a 45a rated 3 way junction box. put the wire form the
cooker socket into that then another wire from the junction box to the
cooker socket to extend it. then sink all into wall apart from cooker
socket.
thanks jason

You don't need a junction box but you should put a cooker switch where
the socket is and a cooker outlet lower down behind the oven. A
built-in oven needs to be wired in permanently and not plugged into a
socket. The hob can be connected the same way. You'll probably want to
chase the cable into the wall and tile over it behind the hob. External
trunking won't look very nice and isn't a good idea behind the hob
anyway.

The hood doesn't take much current so you can use a normal 13 amp
socket on the ring main (or on a spur).

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