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Cooker isolators and the like

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In my formative years electrical, I was brung up that an isolator for a cooker etc must be nearby, say within 2m and obvious as for useage (or clearly marked) as a readily available "rapid use switch" in case of say chip pan fires etc. Rather than having to locate them in cupboards or go to the CU etc to switch off and possibly plunge the whole house into darkness.



Modern folk and their kitchens, it seems some folk have an aversion to them.


Call me old fashioned but my order of preference is 1/ Safety, 2/ Functionalability and 3/ Asthetics.


Any views on this Folks?
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    This is obviouly a requirement of NICEIC membership. We had our kitchen renewed last year and seemed a good ida to have the kitchen people sort the electrics out. New hob and oven unit to replace the hob unit and oven - same but new. Naturally he wanted to fit a new 10mm cable to replace the oid 7/044. I must have upset himwhen I pointed out the loading of the new cooker was actually less than the old, but he used the old cable - then proceeded to install the new 60A cooker switch right at the back above the top shelf of the oven unit. I'm 6ft tall and not even able to see it right at the back. " It's where we always put them" came the excuse so I just asked how was a normal person supposed to isolate the cooker even to clean it. I'd won't go into how sockets can be installed1/4" out of level so that must be another requirement even when just an inch apart!!


    It's our age, it seems!
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    This is obviouly a requirement of NICEIC membership. We had our kitchen renewed last year and seemed a good ida to have the kitchen people sort the electrics out. New hob and oven unit to replace the hob unit and oven - same but new. Naturally he wanted to fit a new 10mm cable to replace the oid 7/044. I must have upset himwhen I pointed out the loading of the new cooker was actually less than the old, but he used the old cable - then proceeded to install the new 60A cooker switch right at the back above the top shelf of the oven unit. I'm 6ft tall and not even able to see it right at the back. " It's where we always put them" came the excuse so I just asked how was a normal person supposed to isolate the cooker even to clean it. I'd won't go into how sockets can be installed1/4" out of level so that must be another requirement even when just an inch apart!!


    It's our age, it seems!
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