Are cooker outlets necessary!?

[Welsh_sparky_21]

Just wondering what everyone’s view on this is, if you’re mourning cooker or hob switch in cupboard close by. Would you still terminate into an outlet then go from there to cooker or hob? Or would you take the cable straight into the appliance

 

[James]

Outlet box every Time for me.

 

[Welsh_sparky_21]

Outlet box every Time for me.

Recently I’ve had a few where the client couldn’t get the oven in because of the outlet behind it. I’ve ended up having to put the outlet in the cupboard next to it

 

[DefyG]

Some 45A DP switches have a built in flex clamp so this permits flexing directly to the isolating switch but it depends on location as not always close or convenient enough to flex directly to the isolator.

 

[westward10]

Nothing wrong with this providing the cable is correctly fixed/restrained.

 

[R-fur]

The point of an isolator is to provide isolation for maintenance, cleaning or in case of fire.
By my understanding of the regs it should be ;
1 Accessible
2 Labeled if the purpose is not obvious
3 If it is not a domestic installation it should be lockable.

It is understandable that customers may not want to have an isolator that is visible in their kitchen so instead of trying to hide them in cupboards why not put them beside the main board with a label on them?
Or am I wrong?

 

[loz2754]

The point of an isolator is to provide isolation for maintenance, cleaning or in case of fire.
By my understanding of the regs it should be ;
1 Accessible
2 Labeled if the purpose is not obvious
3 If it is not a domestic installation it should be lockable.

It is understandable that customers may not want to have an isolator that is visible in their kitchen so instead of trying to hide them in cupboards why not put them beside the main board with a label on them?
Or am I wrong?

Yes. But nothing to do with the OP question!

 

[DefyG]

why not put them beside the main board with a label on them?

A MCB serves as an isolator (Table 537.4) so unless specifically requires DP a MCB will suffice.