[medifastwoman]

Anyone here know much about wiring up things?

Last year we brought a house and it came with a poorly fitted kitchin. For long reasons we are yet to sort the kitchen out, but 1 thing is we have a cooker hood and its not plugged in.

Now the cooker hood itself is usuable but isnt wired in. The single power cable is cut at the end and ive cut the cable back a bit to see the wires inside. Its only got 2 wires, a blue wire and a brown wire.

Now i preume thats positive and negative?

Why doesnt this have an earth cable?

CAn I fit this all to a normal plug and will it be ok?

[Loonerisav]

which country you in?

[medifastwoman]

I live in the Uk

[gDGwm8BC]

blue-neutral
brown-live

it may still need earthed , is there an earthing point anwere ?

EDIT , i expect its double insulated , so needs no earth . use a 13amp plug to wire the 2 wires

[espenijij]

blue-neutral
brown-live

it may still need earthed , is there an earthing point anwere ?

EDIT , i expect its double insulated , so needs no earth . use a 13amp plug to wire the 2 wires

Brown = live
Blue = Neutral

just have alook around the back there may be a earthing point, probably a screw with a symbol that looks like a funny down arrow.

A plug would be fine if your not confident wiring it in properly, but it may be difficult to hide the wire and a plug.

[medifastwoman]

Hiding the wire and plug isnt an issue, the kitchen units are going eventually so its only temporary until such time

So I wire the 2 cables in, then look for an earthing point on the hood and wire that into the plug too?

I am happy to wire things up. I work in IT anyway so im used to cables.

[gDGwm8BC]

Hiding the wire and plug isnt an issue, the kitchen units are going eventually so its only temporary until such time

So I wire the 2 cables in, then look for an earthing point on the hood and wire that into the plug too?

I am happy to wire things up. I work in IT anyway so im used to cables.

you will prob not need an earth as i expect the appliance is double insulated . It should tell you on it , or will have a symbol , a square inside a square

[CatLuvkaLover]

Anyone here know much about wiring up things?

Last year we brought a house and it came with a poorly fitted kitchin. For long reasons we are yet to sort the kitchen out, but 1 thing is we have a cooker hood and its not plugged in.

Now the cooker hood itself is usuable but isnt wired in. The single power cable is cut at the end and ive cut the cable back a bit to see the wires inside. Its only got 2 wires, a blue wire and a brown wire.

Now i preume thats positive and negative?

Why doesnt this have an earth cable?

CAn I fit this all to a normal plug and will it be ok?

Woah there!

I really wouldn't go connecting it to a normal 13Amp plug. Electric cookers are usually hard wired into a seperate mains spur on the fuse board. There should be a proper cooker on and off switch, which should also to my knowledge also control the hood function.

You really should consult a fully qualified electrician over this issue even if the device is 'double insulated'. Either pop into a local electrical goods shop or phone someone up, they can at least give proper advice over the phone.

If you connect it directly to a 13amp plug the "Ring Main" that you plug it into might not be able to cope with the load that the cooker hood requires.

[Loonerisav]

3kW cooker hood?

hope you havent got any small pets...

[medifastwoman]

Woah there!

I really wouldn't go connecting it to a normal 13Amp plug. Electric cookers are usually hard wired into a seperate mains spur on the fuse board. There should be a proper cooker on and off switch, which should also to my knowledge also control the hood function.

You really should consult a fully qualified electrician over this issue even if the device is 'double insulated'. Either pop into a local electrical goods shop or phone someone up, they can at least give proper advice over the phone.

If you connect it directly to a 13amp plug the "Ring Main" that you plug it into might not be able to cope with the load that the cooker hood requires.

Cooker HOOD mate. The fan bit that sits above the cooker with a filter, fans and a little light to help you see. Not the cooker itself.[thumbup]

[CatLuvkaLover]

Cooker HOOD mate. The fan bit that sits above the cooker with a filter, fans and a little light to help you see. Not the cooker itself.[thumbup]

Yes, the above still applies..

What type is the cable? Is it regular "oval" or "flat" stranded core flexible type, or is it a solid core oval type? If it's the latter then it definately needs to be hard wired. If it's of the former then you probably can just use a 13Amp plug.

You really shouldn't mess with electric cables unless you're 100% sure..

Whilst I'm not a fully qualified electrical engineer, I have come across many different types of mains cables installations through a variety of careers which took me onto a few building sites and have also worked in a 'Electrical Specialist' store.

Of course, if you wish to risk blowing your fuse box / burning a ring main out, well, that's up to you...

[FateHostera]

I screw around with almost everything mechanical,..
But electric => No ****ing way.
I´d call a electrician.

[Kinds Of Pain Meds]

I screw around with almost everything mechanical,..
But electric => No ****ing way.
I´d call a electrician.

I agree 100%. Jolted myself bad once. No longer do I mess with the mighty electricity.

[untostaronaf]

The rule of thumb I go by: Wiring is not a hobby!

[pipitous]

Seeing how I wired in my own cooker hood, (and fitted my kitchen units too) I can give some bits of advice.

The cable I used for the cooker hood was a Twin core cable that I bought from B & Q, (or stermat ) it only has 2 wires, the brown (live) and blue (neutral).
There was no earth connection on the cooker hood, so adding one was'nt necessary.



Unless your electrically wise though I would be careful in adding any electrical wires into your home as you risk causing fires if you get it wrong.

Also any direct wiring in your home, either from heaters or cookers must be fitted by a corgi registered electrician or you could risk prosecution if someone else got hurt because of your negligence.

If your aware of all that, and sure you can wire a plug and a few connections then go for it. [thumbup]

otherwise pay a pro.