Cooker Feed Splitter

TheScullster

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Jul 22, 2010, 4:13:54 AM7/22/10

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Hi all

Still looking at splitting my 6mm cooker feed to 2 separate cooker points
(as hob and oven will be on opposite sides of the room).
The split will be in the loft as the kitchen is single storey extension.

Does anyone see a problem using one of these:
http://www.alertelectrical.com/prod/1022/click-45a-easyfit-dual-appliance-outlet-plate
to do the splitting?
1 x 6mm in and 2 x 6mm out.
This will be mounted "upside down" in my case as the feed enters the loft at
kitchen ceiling level. I then intend to take the single feed up the wall,
introduce the splitter and then take the two feeds in trunking either along
the wall or roof timbers to each cooker point drop.
As this will be surface mounted, I thought of mounting on 10mm thick timber
backboard, notched out to allow for incoming cable.

Any comments please?

TIA

Phil

ARWadsworth

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Jul 22, 2010, 4:48:16 AM7/22/10

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"TheScullster" <ph...@dropthespam.com> wrote in message
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Nothing wrong with those splitters. I take it you did not like the 60A
junction boxes then?

Cheers

Adam

Andrew Gabriel

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Jul 22, 2010, 9:47:31 AM7/22/10

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In article <j5WdnQ7SHMEiYNrR...@eclipse.net.uk>,

Looks like it's designed to mount on, and overhang a single flush
back box (i.e. what's already behind a cooker flex outlet plate).
If so, it will overhang the edge of a surface back box, and
probably look very strange.

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Andrew Gabriel
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TheScullster

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Jul 22, 2010, 9:51:00 AM7/22/10

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"ARWadsworth" wrote

>
> Nothing wrong with those splitters. I take it you did not like the 60A
> junction boxes then?
>
> Cheers
>
> Adam

Hi Adam

Yes I went to a local supplier specifically to get the 60A version and he
showed me the appliance splitter as an alternative.
Using this will make a neater job as I intend to run the cables to and from
the splitter in separate trunking lengths - finnicky I know but we all have
our crosses to bear!

Phil

TheScullster

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Jul 22, 2010, 10:05:56 AM7/22/10

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"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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Thanks Andrew

Yes that's the reason for my mention of a 10mm backboard - notched for the
incoming cable.
I guess I could also use a slim backbox with bottom cutouts.

Phil

js.b1

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Jul 22, 2010, 12:32:11 PM7/22/10

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Remind me...
- is the isolator within 2m of both appliances?
- must you absolutely have a single isolator?

Otherwise why not run 2 cables off 2 isolators off 1 circuit labelled
as radial (re no topology confusion to the cognitively challenged)?

You could mount two 1G 32A isolators side by side in a "huddle" which
would look ok. I would use independent 47mm deep backboxes (rather
than 1G+1G) because 6mm FTE is a bit boistrous when cornered in a box
unless you catch it by surprise. It adds cost of course, just a
thought.

Someone on Ebay does a faceplate engraving service for £2 as I recall,
considering how some wiring accessory legends "scratch off if a knat
exceeds ODPM speed limits and impacts".