How to rectify adding isolator on cooker hood

[Yanni]

My electrician did not put an isolator for the cooker hood.

It’s all plastered now and painted.
Now this is a recirculate hood and it is open at the top.

Can I leave a normal socket as he did and if there is a fault all we need is to climb up a chair and reach for the switch as o can put it right at the top.

Alternative can I chisel a horizontal chase to the cabinet on the left and place an isolator there. However no one will know that a cable exists there under the wall unless he looks at the height of the spur inside the cooker hood.

The other thing I can do is have the plug outside the hood to the left visible. Not ideal but what would you do ?

 

[Deleted member 267285]

How often are you expecting a fault? Are you able bodied enough to climb a chair, or small steps to unplug?

 

[Yanni]

It’s a rental, not my house and yes not expecting a fault too often!

 

[RandomGrinch]

Only my opinion, but I don't see anything wrong with keeping the socket for isolation. The switch on the front of the extractor should be enough isolation for your renters.
However, I would attach the socket to the wall.

... Although, that extractor looks really low to me - the normal minimum height is specified in the hob manufacturers instructions, and is about 650mm for electric and 750mm for gas hobs (from the top of the burners).

 

[Yanni]

The manual said minimum 550 height for electric and 650 for gas

 

[Yanni]

Sorry one more question is it better to flash the switched socket or can I leave it surface mount as it is. It’s only on 1.5mm cable and fed from the lights.

 

[RandomGrinch]

The manual said minimum 550 height for electric and 650 for gas

Ok, fair enough, but your hob manual may say something very different!

 

[Yanni]

Ok, fair enough, but your hob manual may say something very different!

Both hob and cooker hood are made by Bosch. I can’t see any references on the hob for minimum heights.

 

[RandomGrinch]

Sorry one more question is it better to flash the switched socket or can I leave it surface mount as it is. It’s only on 1.5mm cable and fed from the lights.

Surface mount should be fine.
Are you sure it is fed from the lighting circuit?
If it is, it may be prudent to label the socket, stating it's 6A max (probably!).

 

[Yanni]

Yes it is fed from lights, i switched the lights off from the CU and it went off!
Good point I will print some warnings with my label printer.
I'm tempted to install an MK weatherproof socket so it is sealed against moisture and grease.

 

[JohnD]

It's far too low, but as it is a recirculator, not an extractor, it is useless anyway.

Imagine standing at the hob looking at a pan on the back burner as you try to stir it. Will the occupant be four foot tall? If not, it is in the way.

Have you got an extractor fan?

 

[Yanni]

No, there is no extraction fan in kitchen and no possible to put one as right outside the kitchen is a conservatory.

 

[JohnD]

So damp and cooking odours will remain inside.

 

[Yanni]

True but there is nothing we can do unless I demolish the brand new conservatory that cost over £4K for the extraction fan

 

[JohnD]

Duct.