Electric flex gets warm when using gas oven

loulou41

I just had a gas cooker installed by a gas safe engineer. With the old cooker, the fitter removed the plug and passed it on the kitchen floor through the cupboard. With this new one, the only option is to cut the plug and replaced it with another which he was not prepared to do, but as I have an electric socket near the cooker. The gas engineer plugged it there on the wall. I noticed the electric flex gets a bit warm when I use the oven, should I be concerned? Thanks

Consumerist

Are you sure it's not just the heat from the cooker which is warming the cable?

loulou41

Yes, it is the heat from the cooker which is warming the cable. Is it safe? Thanks

Consumerist

Two options occur to me :-

1. Move the cooker a little further from the wall to allow more air circulation around the cable, if that is possible.

2. Re-route the cable away from behind the cooker.

It would not be a good idea to leave things as they are in the long term; you should, for safety, run the electrics clear of any heat source.

maninthestreet

A gas cooker that needs electricity??

Consumerist

maninthestreet wrote: »

A gas cooker that needs electricity??

Usually to run a clock, timer and lights. Low amps but the mains can kill if insulation breaks down.

loracan1

maninthestreet wrote: »

A gas cooker that needs electricity??

There aren't many around that don't require a plug for the ignition - quite rare to find them with a battery these days.

JabT_2

Mine's plugged into the wall socket next to the cooker. There's about an inch gap between cooker and wall. Been that way for probably 5 years or so with no problem.

asbokid

loulou41 wrote: »

I just had a gas cooker installed by a gas safe engineer. With the old cooker, the fitter removed the plug and passed it on the kitchen floor through the cupboard. With this new one, the only option is to cut the plug and replaced it with another which he was not prepared to do, but as I have an electric socket near the cooker. The gas engineer plugged it there on the wall. I noticed the electric flex gets a bit warm when I use the oven, should I be concerned? Thanks

The engineer probably didn't want to cut off the plug for warranty reasons. But that's not the only option. I have opened an appliance and disconnected the mains cable inside the appliance by simply unscrewing the terminals. That way the cable with moulded plug still attached can be fed backwards through a small hole in a cupboard from the most suitable socket. If the appliance does become faulty and requires repair at least the original mains cable is still intact.