Electric Hob Help

raspberryblueberry

Ectophile said:

It took a while to dawn on me, but that socket next to the cooker is your cooker point.  It's got a 13A socket, and a big red switch for turning a cooker on and off.

So rather than being lazy and plugging a hob into the 13A socket, what you need is someone competent enough in electrics to wire a hob into that big switch.

If you have an electric oven, it may already be wired in to that switch.  That is not necessarily a problem.

Brilliant thank you that makes a lot of sense. The guy from AO said he would be able to hardwire in it so hopefully that is doable! 

raspberryblueberry

EssexExile said:

Has anyone mentioned the size of the hole in the worktop? It looks like you have laminate so making it bigger wouldn't be a problem, I doubt anyone sent by a retailer will be able to do it though. Making the hole smaller would be a problem too.

From what I've measured, it seems like it would be ok, fingers crossed anyway! I'm not even sure what I would do if the hole needed to be smaller...

flashg67

Have you looked at adding a stainless steel /glass splashback and sticking  with gas - shouldn't be too expensive? Moving a socket won't cost too much and possibly cheaper/less disruptive than paying for an additional circuit for a high powered induction hob. (we have one as we're all electric, but I still prefer gas!)

raspberryblueberry

flashg67 said:

Have you looked at adding a stainless steel /glass splashback and sticking  with gas - shouldn't be too expensive? Moving a socket won't cost too much and possibly cheaper/less disruptive than paying for an additional circuit for a high powered induction hob. (we have one as we're all electric, but I still prefer gas!)

See the problem is with the plug socket itself being too much in the “hot zone” so to then move the plug, would need the whole splash back removing, as it goes on that wall then round to the other wall. Then replacing with something else as otherwise there would be a big hole where the socket was. I’d prefer gas but it seems like it’s just such a long winded and potentially expensive way of trying to keep it! Hence what I thought would be nice and easy and getting electric! 

FreeBear

raspberryblueberry said:

EssexExile said:

Has anyone mentioned the size of the hole in the worktop? It looks like you have laminate so making it bigger wouldn't be a problem, I doubt anyone sent by a retailer will be able to do it though. Making the hole smaller would be a problem too.

From what I've measured, it seems like it would be ok, fingers crossed anyway! I'm not even sure what I would do if the hole needed to be smaller...

If the cutout is too big, simply nail & glue some thin strips of wood to the inside. Helps to have a table saw or a local timber merchant that can plane wood to size. But to be honest, most hobs can cope with a 5-10mm oversized cutout.