I was wondering whether someone can help?

We are renovating our kitchen and have bought a new stand-alone single oven cooker with gas hob. According to building regs does it need to have an isolation switch above the worktop or can it be plugged into a (fairly inaccessible) socket below the worktop?

Thank you!

On 27/05/2012 23:47, PhilandLou wrote:
I was wondering whether someone can help?

We are renovating our kitchen and have bought a new stand-alone single
oven cooker with gas hob. According to building regs does it need to
have an isolation switch above the worktop or can it be plugged into a
(fairly inaccessible) socket below the worktop?

If its all gas and the only electrical requirement if for say
illumination and ignition, then there would be no requirement for a
separate isolator.


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On May 27, 11:47*pm, PhilandLou
wrote:
I was wondering whether someone can help?

We are renovating our kitchen and have bought a new stand-alone single
oven cooker with gas hob. *According to building regs does it need to
have an isolation switch above the worktop or can it be plugged into a
(fairly inaccessible) socket below the worktop?

Thank you!

From a practical pov, its a hob you need an emergency swtch for.


NT

PhilandLou wrote:
I was wondering whether someone can help?

We are renovating our kitchen and have bought a new stand-alone single
oven cooker with gas hob. According to building regs does it need to
have an isolation switch above the worktop or can it be plugged into a
(fairly inaccessible) socket below the worktop?

It will say in the bumph that came with the oven - mine is the same set up
as yours and it's plugged into a socket mounted inside the adjacent
cupboard.
Some need hard wiring into the mains.
That said, I've always had a gas oven prior to this POS - it takes an hour
to get warm then stays hot for 4 hours after it's switched off and uses a
fortune in power, plus food isn't cooked the way I like it - pizza comes out
baked rock hard underneath while the toppings haven't even defrosted. Even
fresh pizza doesn;t cook well and meat is a disaster, given that you have to
bake it for at least an hour longer than it says on the packaging.

And yes, I do mean bake - you can't roast anything without a spit

It's a dual fuel cooker - the oven is electric and the hob gas.. sorry I didn't make that clear. I just wanted to check that there aren't regs which require me to have an accessible isolation switch for the cooker.

Thank you!

"Phil L" wrote in message
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PhilandLou wrote:
I was wondering whether someone can help?

We are renovating our kitchen and have bought a new stand-alone single
oven cooker with gas hob. According to building regs does it need to
have an isolation switch above the worktop or can it be plugged into a
(fairly inaccessible) socket below the worktop?

It will say in the bumph that came with the oven - mine is the same set up
as yours and it's plugged into a socket mounted inside the adjacent
cupboard.
Some need hard wiring into the mains.
That said, I've always had a gas oven prior to this POS - it takes an hour
to get warm then stays hot for 4 hours after it's switched off and uses a
fortune in power, plus food isn't cooked the way I like it - pizza comes
out baked rock hard underneath while the toppings haven't even defrosted.
Even fresh pizza doesn;t cook well and meat is a disaster, given that you
have to bake it for at least an hour longer than it says on the packaging.

And yes, I do mean bake - you can't roast anything without a spit

What's the make and model details ?