Dodgy Induction Hob Wiring

That is NOT the correct way to make a connection, & yes it should have been done properly with cooker connection unit..

 

Very shoddy. Do you know how it was connected before?

 

Ah, so the electrics are all new then. Was this work signed off? Not sure if its "notifiable" work but I would have thought so.

I would have done better!

 

So who's supposed to be signing it off, Building Control, or the sparky (if I dare call him that)? I would not accept this job.

 

Hopefully a qualified sparky can butt in here, but I believe this work needs to be signed off either by Building Control or a qualified electrician which has to be the electrician who actually did the work.

So if the electrician who did this work is qualified, then he can sign it off, but looking at the evidence I doubt he is qualified, certainly he's not competent. Otherwise it needs to be signed off by building control. And sign off necessitates a bit of paper, certificate, call it what you will.

You need to ask the people that did this for the certificate that demonstrates it complies with building regs. When was this work done, and is it deemed "complete"?

 

Get in touch with the insurance company and get this bunch of cowboys struck from their list of repairers.
Insist that they then send a reputable firm to redo the unacceptable standard of workmanship carried out.

 

That's a good point that Deleted member 11267 makes, its the insurance company that is responsible for this work so I would take up the issue with their claims department.

 

Was the work done by the same guy on a recent thread who connected a washing machine waste onto soil branch with lashings of sili and no trap ??

 

To be clear on the bits of paper. Your contractor should give you a Electrical Installation Certificate this will include test results. Your contractor, if am member of a Competent Persons Scheme will notify Building Control.

 

Should have been done properly with black insulation tape, neater job

In all seriousness that's not safe under any circumstances and is frankly what is often seen on a dodgy lawnmower cable repair. If that's what they are prepared to do visibly, I'd be concerned about whats hidden.

One for the sparks - Does this require local isolation?

 

A lot of hobs come with a lead already attached. Often the supplied lead is 4 or 5 core, giving you the choice of using different supply options that are available in many European contries,
but not here
It is often not an option to disconnect it.

All it needs is a proper connection block with proper cable strain relief.
How many amps is the MCB on the hob circuit?

 

Does it have isolation switch? Needs to be wired to cooker outlet, total bodge job, demand another spark to put it right with certificates

 

That's what I would have thought. I assumed it was ovens and hobs that had to have local isolation.

 

Neither of them HAVE to have isolation.
Not ovens, not hobs.
There is no regulation that says you must.