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Been at an apartment doing eicr this afternoon as they want to put it on air BnB, they have gas cooker and hob. owner had kitchen fitted and the fitter it appears used the cooker circuit (10mm T&E, 40 MCB, RCD etc) to feed a single socket, for a built in tall fridge/freezer.
The old cooker switch (recently changed to chrome to match) above the worktop isolates the fridge/freezer
From the cooker connection plate is wired a piece of 2.5mm twin and earth clipped direct behind cupboards into the double socket in the adjacent cupboard which the appliance plugs into.
its not a conventional design by any means, it incorporates an isolation switch (old cooker isolator). all testing comes back as within limits and would disconnect in a fault.
Am thinking a C2? but more i think about it am stuck between C3 or a C2
- 40 amp MCB is over rated for the 2.5mm run of cable to socket.
- enclosure (the cooker plate) not suitable for environment/ installation.
At very least Improvement recommended.

Thoughts?
 
Food for thought.........The regs allow a 2.5mm spur from a ring supplying a double socket where the ccc of the cable is less than the ocpd
 
What is the maximum permissible OCPD rating for a 13A socket outlet?
 
In anycase i will be going back for the remedials. she already said she wanted me to fix anything I found. i do like it when a customer says dont worry about cost! By putting it on Air BnB she reckons she can get over £3k per month for a 2nd floor 2 bed flat in the centre of Bath! 3 times what shed get for a normal tenancy.
I Will change the mcb out for a more suitable rated one, and replace the twin and earth for some heat resistant flex as its behind gas cooker and fit it into a 20 amp flex outlet that will be fitted in lieu of the cooker outlet.
 
Been at an apartment doing eicr this afternoon as they want to put it on air BnB, they have gas cooker and hob. owner had kitchen fitted and the fitter it appears used the cooker circuit (10mm T&E, 40 MCB, RCD etc) to feed a single socket, for a built in tall fridge/freezer.
The old cooker switch (recently changed to chrome to match) above the worktop isolates the fridge/freezer
From the cooker connection plate is wired a piece of 2.5mm twin and earth clipped direct behind cupboards into the double socket in the adjacent cupboard which the appliance plugs into.
its not a conventional design by any means, it incorporates an isolation switch (old cooker isolator). all testing comes back as within limits and would disconnect in a fault.
Am thinking a C2? but more i think about it am stuck between C3 or a C2
- 40 amp MCB is over rated for the 2.5mm run of cable to socket.
- enclosure (the cooker plate) not suitable for environment/ installation.
At very least Improvement recommended.

Thoughts?
Go on air BnB?? tin hat on
 
If the CCC reduction is less than 2 meters no code....
Assuming you're invoking the 3m rule to allow a cable which fails the adiabatic on the fault current, that only applie where both fault protection is omitted (vaporising the cpc probably counts as omission) And, if the cable is unlikely to suffer damage.
T&e in a wall wouldn't comply with the latter, but if it's rcd protected then that could cover the fault protection.
Not sure how the ocpd over 32a would be covered for supplying an accessory though.
I'm not an electrician though!
 

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