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comfortably_numb
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 Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject: Electrical switch & moving oven question |
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Hi Folks.
I would like to move my gas cooker over slightly. There is enough gas pipe but it would move the oven beneath this switch which i understand is for electric oven (if one should be fit in the future).
The switch itself does nothing but believed to be "live".
The landlord is not happy for it to removed or relocated. Is there a way of keeping this switch & that will allow the safe movement of the cooker beneath it ??
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IDontBelieveIt
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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If I understand you correctly - yes.
Purchase a blanking late to suit the back box of the Cooker Control Unit (CCU) the thing in your picture.
Isolate all power by turning off the main swich at the fuse box.
Remove the CCU.
Remove the three cables (live, neutral and earth) from the CCU and connect these to a large choc-block (3 terminal).
Best wrap a bit of insulation tape about the entire choc-block making sure that no whiskers are poking through! Pit the chock-block into the back box and fit the blanking plate.
Job done.[/b]
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comfortably_numb
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for response 
Can i ask .... If i just permantly isolate it at the fuse box & leave the CCU as is ,,, The cooker has a glass hood that when lifted would cover the switch when in use ... would this be ok ??? |
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IDontBelieveIt
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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Not really as heat and fats will penetrate the CCU and if someone else comes along in the future and re-connects the cooker circuit and hence activate the CCU then a fire could result due to fatty deposits inside the CCU.
If, on the other hand you leave the premises, someone else moves in and wants an electric hob/oven then any sparky will be able to reactivate the whole thing quite quickly.
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comfortably_numb
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| OK thanks ... i appreciate your feedback |
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