Cooker isolators and the like

Hi MHR,

yes I can see the attraction of having a socket on a different circuit as adding resiliance and that`s good.

My problem with having a socket on a cooker circuit is this:-

It was intended to be for occasional use of a kettle. No problem.

It is a throwback to the days of when folk had almost no sockets (one upstairs and one downstairs was not uncommon) and if adding a cooker circuit then adding a socket to that good be a good thing in itself.

My problem is not with kettle, fridges, freezers, lawnmower , power tools etc being used.

It is, all too often I have seen it in use for washers, dryers and such "heavier loads" on a permanent basis (by  heavier I`m not just thinking of the load itself but the duration too). 

Traditional cooker circuits have stood the test of time having diversity applied and I`ve no problem with that but I don`t think adding such loads is a good idea and my pref is "you need a extra socket or two" . Indeed I have often seen extensions running more than one such load and again some are plugged in to the cooker socket.

Also I have witnessed in some installtions, sockets RCD protected an Cooker no RCD protected and which one gets used to power a power tool/lawnmover outside? Yes the cooker socket!

Hi MHR,

yes I can see the attraction of having a socket on a different circuit as adding resiliance and that`s good.

My problem with having a socket on a cooker circuit is this:-

It was intended to be for occasional use of a kettle. No problem.

It is a throwback to the days of when folk had almost no sockets (one upstairs and one downstairs was not uncommon) and if adding a cooker circuit then adding a socket to that good be a good thing in itself.

My problem is not with kettle, fridges, freezers, lawnmower , power tools etc being used.

It is, all too often I have seen it in use for washers, dryers and such "heavier loads" on a permanent basis (by  heavier I`m not just thinking of the load itself but the duration too). 

Traditional cooker circuits have stood the test of time having diversity applied and I`ve no problem with that but I don`t think adding such loads is a good idea and my pref is "you need a extra socket or two" . Indeed I have often seen extensions running more than one such load and again some are plugged in to the cooker socket.

Also I have witnessed in some installtions, sockets RCD protected an Cooker no RCD protected and which one gets used to power a power tool/lawnmover outside? Yes the cooker socket!