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DJM · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:21 pm Post subject: Access to Cooker outlet plates

Due to our chosen electrician letting us down (suddenly too busy to be botherd with a CU replacement and re-wire 2 days before he's supposed to start ), we are in the procees of getting a new one in pdq.
Chap today said he could probably fit us in, but to save time (and possibly money) he suggested I fit boxes and conduit ready for them to run cable. That suits me, but need to confirm what regs are for access to cooker outlet plates.

Having 2 ovens and a hob in new kitchen and 3 radials being added in new CU. so run will be CU to DP, then DP to cooker outlet plate. Whilst it would be sensible to have easy access to outlets, can they be behind the built in ovens, or do they need to be able to be accessed via, perhaps adjoining cupboard.

Also, as there are 3,I don't really want to pur 3 outlete vertically as that will affect teh integrity of that part of the wall, so can i stagger them

vince knight · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:30 pm Post subject:

The outlet plate is generally behind the ovens. The control unit has to be accessable and within 3 mtrs
It would be be nice to no where in the big wide world you are as it is blank in your profile, the rules differ around the world.

Vince

DJM · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:38 pm Post subject:

Thanks Vince,
South London
The DPs will be accessible above the worktop and within 2m (which I thought was max in 16th ed). The outlet plates were my interest. I wanted to check it was OK for them to be behind the ovens and there was no requirement for the plates to be accessable with ovens in situ

vince knight · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:09 pm Post subject:

No you are ok, they dont need to be accessable.

Vince