Hood and Gas Oven (both with 3 pin plugs - into twin socket)

[gunnersellit]

Hi all

I have now brought a new cooker hood from screwfix and our new gas cooker comes soon. The hood came with a 3 pin plug installed and the oven apparently does too. This is a completely gas cooker so its just ignition and lights required as far as I can believe.

The cupboard next to the current cooker has a twin socket installed at the back of it which is a spur from a twin socket above the unit.

Simple question - Can I just drill through this cupboard and plug the two leads into the regular twin socket.

thanks
Paul

 

[mfarrow]

Yes.

 

[gunnersellit]

Sounds like I'm sorted then. Is it safer to move this socket (block) onto the wall behind the cabinet and cut a hole in the back of the unit. Then its not mounted on wood. Or is it ok to be mounted inside the cupboard

thanks

 

[mfarrow]

It's best practise to install on the wall, but being as it's there you might as well leave it where it is.