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An oven that’s fitted into a kitchen joinery unit, with the plug/socket concealed behind the unit (you have to pull the oven out to un-plug). Does this not require a readily accessible switch in accordance with 3000:4.7.1? Note 4 is leading me to believe it’s not a requirement?

Seems it’s lumped in the same category as microwave ovens? And we don’t put switches on them. An oven just seems more permanent. I would want to install a switch I think, I guess the standard is the minimum with some of these things.

However an electric hob definitely does appear to require a readily accessible switch.

Am I understanding this correctly?

Cheers

Oven - no.
Cooktop with electric elements - yes.

And you get bonus points for calling it a switch, and not an isolator!

A (functional; ie control) switch is required for an open cooking surface (eg hob).
It's a fire safety measure; a means of removing the heat source if a pan fire occurs; which is why we have the rules about where it must be located.
Ovens, being fully enclosed, don't have the same risk.
Also, being thermostatically controlled, ovens will switch themselves off if a fire occurs.

Okay. Thanks for the feedback on this, seems I’ve understood it correctly.

DougP wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 02, 2020 10:55 pm

And you get bonus points for calling it a switch, and not an isolator!

Hahaha second this