Electric cooketrs take a much larger current than most other domestic apliances . They therefore require heavier switches than those used for lighting or in socket outlets . Moreover , it is usually convenient to have a socket outlet near the cooker in addition to the cooker switch itself . Cooker control units are , therefore , made which have a 45A ( sometimes olny a 30A ) switch with outgoing terminals for a permanent cable connection to the cooker and which also contain an ordinary 13 A switched socket outlet . THe cooker switch is double pole , that is to say , on opening , it disconnects both phase and neutral lines , and the unit also has a substantial terminal for the circuit protective conductors .
A cooketr control unit is shown in Figure 1.8 . Again units are available for both flush and surface fixing . The unit is mounted within easy reach , to the side of the cooker so that the operators can switch off the cooker quickly in an emergency without putting themselves in danger . The cable from the unit to the cooker is usually hidden in the wall and comes out at low level behind the cooker . A special flex outlet cover is made to fix on the surface of a box , which is let in flush with the wall to make a neat outlet from the wall to the cooker . The flex outlet is normally supplied as a loose piece with the cooker control unit .
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