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cooker socket
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could anyone tell me what would be the best way to lower the cooker socket. what would i need to do this? thanks jason |
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"Jason" wrote in message ... hello could anyone tell me what would be the best way to lower the cooker socket. what would i need to do this? thanks jason I would guess by the sounds of it you would probably need someone who knows what they are doing. |
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Jason wrote:
hello could anyone tell me what would be the best way to lower the cooker socket. what would i need to do this? thanks jason A crowbar should get it down to floor level. |
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"Buxnot" wrote in message ... Jason wrote: hello could anyone tell me what would be the best way to lower the cooker socket. what would i need to do this? thanks jason A crowbar should get it down to floor level. Or maybe the OP could put in a suspended floor? |
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"Ric" wrote in message ... "Buxnot" wrote in message ... Jason wrote: hello could anyone tell me what would be the best way to lower the cooker socket. what would i need to do this? thanks jason A crowbar should get it down to floor level. Or maybe the OP could put in a suspended floor? It depends on the directional source of the power input. If the socket is sourced from a vertical wiring from floor level - then its simply a matter of chop and refix. If the socket is sourced by horizontal wiring or from the ceiling, a rewire back to fuse box advisable and is the job for a competent electrician. Regards Pete www.thecanalshop.com |
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Thanks Pete
"Peter Stockdale" wrote in message ... "Ric" wrote in message ... "Buxnot" wrote in message ... Jason wrote: hello could anyone tell me what would be the best way to lower the cooker socket. what would i need to do this? thanks jason A crowbar should get it down to floor level. Or maybe the OP could put in a suspended floor? It depends on the directional source of the power input. If the socket is sourced from a vertical wiring from floor level - then its simply a matter of chop and refix. If the socket is sourced by horizontal wiring or from the ceiling, a rewire back to fuse box advisable and is the job for a competent electrician. Regards Pete www.thecanalshop.com |
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Peter Stockdale wrote:
... the best way to lower the cooker socket. It depends on the directional source of the power input. If the socket is sourced from a vertical wiring from floor level - then its simply a matter of chop and refix. If the socket is sourced by horizontal wiring or from the ceiling, a rewire back to fuse box advisable and is the job for a competent electrician. Regards Pete www.thecanalshop.com As Pete says, the job's an easy one if dropping means using less of the existing cable. You've said very little about why you want the cooker "socket" lower. Do you mean the cooker control panel, or the cooker connector unit into which the cable from the cooker goes? If it's only that part you want to move down, and the cooker control unit's not far away, there's a separate bit of meaty cable running from the control unit to the outlet, which won't be hard to rip out and replace with a new, longer bit. Other ways in which you could be lucky: will the old location be covered over inaccessibly (e.g. with tiles)? If not - even if it's in the back of a new base unit or wall unit which you could create a simple access hatch in - then you can use a seriously meaty way of joining the old cable to the new length (oddly enough, a cooker connection unit is a widely-available way of getting a 45A-rated 3-way junction box: do NOT use an ordinary 20A (lighting) or 30A (power) junction box, it will NOT take kindly to the higher current a freestanding cooker will sometimes pull). Nor can we tell if it's OK for you to run any new length of cable on the surface (easy) or if you have to chase it into the wall (harder, though far from impossible). If you want a helpful answer, it's worth filling in these details - otherwise you get the "crowbar", "teleportation", and other "ask a silly question, get ..." answers! Cheers, Stefek |
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