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Connecting Up a Cooker.

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What does everybody think of this job please? Is it compliant and safe? Good workmanship?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHmnbOhE3TI



Z.
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    My immediate thought is that he hasn't made any attempt to check the continuity of the Earth.
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    Or polarity.


    On first look it appears whole setup needs redoing.


    Andy
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    I remember when he first released that video, I had similar thoughts, but ... is it technically a job for an electrician? (We do several a month, but not everyone calls us!) I've always been under the impression it counts as 'connecting an appliance'. But yes, he should at least have used a basic meter to check polarity and earth continuity. I know he has them.
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    No verification the cu was correctly labelled, so just assumed it was and that the cooker cct was off because he had the correct cb off - should have verified the cooker cct was live in the first place to then verify it was on the cb he thinks it was and was then dead. 


    no dead or live tests, cont etc.


    Probably better to have the switch farther to one side, and no back to the cooker could be an accident waiting to happen, so probably better not to have the outlet plate where it is, or use something IP rated, to avoid water spilling into it, and use of HOFR flex in case of boiling water or chip oil being spilled down the back.




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    well, the fixed wiring that is already there is pretty poorly done - locations of switch is poor  and use of surface boxes in places that push the cooker forward etc.

    BUT, the actual job done, connect cooker to existing outlet plate has been sensibly executed, nothing has been made any worse so the legal minimum is met, though as per the other thread this week, the chance to verify all is well behind the cooker plate has been passed by.

    If it was mine  might offer to relocate a few bits, but if the request was 'just make it work' then the job is about the right level.


    He makes a great song of the testing for dead, but if he tested for live and then dead he'd get a free polarity test. The meter clearly does resistance so why not verify earthing. one beep...


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    mapj1:

    well, the fixed wiring that is already there is pretty poorly done - locations of switch is poor  and use of surface boxes in places that push the cooker forward etc.

    BUT, the actual job done, connect cooker to existing outlet plate has been sensibly executed, nothing has been made any worse so the legal minimum is met, though as per the other thread this week, the chance to verify all is well behind the cooker plate has been passed by.

    If it was mine  might offer to relocate a few bits, but if the request was 'just make it work' then the job is about the right level.


    He makes a great song of the testing for dead, but if he tested for live and then dead he'd get a free polarity test. The meter clearly does resistance so why not verify earthing. one beep...


     




    Thanks Mike, I have myself  tested between a 13 Amp socket earth terminal or screw head and an appliance to see if the appliance body is earthed, but normally only after undertaking an earth fault loop impedance test to confirm the earthing condition at the 13 Amp socket. This is useful to check heavy difficult to move "integrated" appliances like ovens or washing machines. I look for an unpainted metal hinge or bolt head on the appliance to connect the probe to. I also have loop testers that have an extension probe to test the appliance earthing. I think that the cooker changers should do this as well.


    Z.

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    Is that plastic containment right behind the cooker in the "hot zone" next to the rings?


    Z.
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    Love these diy ‘how to do it yourself videos’


    I saw on the other day how to install your own combination boiler , gas and all

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