kitchen cooker hood extractor fan - power

[matt.leung]

when installing a cooker extractor fan hood in the kitchen, can i take the power from the ring into a FCU then to the extractor OR can i take it from the cooker circuit FCU and add another one next to it and then extend upwards....

many thanks

 

[Apache]

Either!

 

[Zeespark]

The cooker should really be on a dedicated circuit, breaking into the ring is fine.

AndyGuiness Drink

 

[Apache]

The cooker should really be on a dedicated circuit, breaking into the ring is fine.AndyGuiness Drink

Most cooker outlets have a single socket outlet. Can't see why the fan coyuldn't share it? You are not going to use one without the other?

 

[matt.leung]

the cooker is already on its own circuit, and wanted to know if it is ok to knick a feed from the circuit and extend upwards.

>>> can i take the feed straight from the cooker double pole isolator and go up, or do i need to install another FCU next to the main cooker switch then go up...<<<

 

[Zeespark]

The integrated 13a socket outlet on a cookers double pole switch has been taken into account when the cable sizing has happened. I have always kept an electric cooker on its own circuit, I havent branched off.

AndyGuiness Drink

 

[Apache]

The integrated 13a socket outlet on a cookers double pole switch has been taken into account when the cable sizing has happened. I have always kept an electric cooker on its own circuit, I havent branched off.AndyGuiness Drink

Interesting! My extractor fan is spured off the cooker circuit!

Can't see any harm will come from it. Damn sight less load than if I plugged the kettle into the 13A socket!

Maybe not 'proper' :|

Is it a reg or just good practice Andy?

 

[ian932]

What size of cable is the cooker circuit? what size of MCB is in the CU for this circuit, Is it a FCU or 45A DP switch on the end of the circuit as you have stated both?

 

[Badger]

agreed the cooker circuit should be a dedicated circuit and branched into!

 

[Zeespark]

Lol well I look at it like this, if someone goes into to isolate the cooker circuit, they will be a bit shocked when they find other stuff dead too. its more of an old way of wiring than anything else to be honest, and to Me, the safest.

AndyGuiness Drink

 

[matt.leung]

the cooker feed is done in 6mm csa T&E, with a 32A mcb breaker.

would u say it is better to come off the ring, or come off the cooker circuit at the cooker plug socket... ?

 

[Zeespark]

Ring as you dont then have to look at a plug and flex to the hood, less safety implications then too.

AndyGuiness Drink

 

[matt.leung]

thanks for all ur advice on this subject...

 

[Zeespark]

No worries matt, I am 28 and pretty much set in My ways of doing things, so I can be a bit of a cantankerous git at times

AndyGuiness Drink

 

[ian932]

the cooker feed is done in 6mm csa T&E, with a 32A mcb breaker. would u say it is better to come off the ring, or come off the cooker circuit at the cooker plug socket... ?

Ring every time when possible.

The only way the other would be acceptable is if you ran a 4mm to a FCU from cooker isolator, then connected the hood to the FCU. you would struggle to get a 4mm in with the 6mm.

I see nothing to say you can't, I mean its only the same as putting a plug on the end of the hood cable and plugging it into the cooker outlet 13A skt. As long as everything is identified, labelled, calculated and certified.

 

[matt.leung]

one last question, will i need to install a double pole isolation switch at the same level like u do for an electric cooker?

 

[ian932]

Your FCU is your isolation