Cooker Hood

[Rappid]

Just had a message from a friend, they're trying to connect up their new Belling cooker hood and are slightly confused, manufactures instructions says Brown live and Blue neutral which is what i expect but the terminals have brown and red, I have asked them to send me a picture. Can anybody shed any light on this as I can only suggest they contact the manufacturer.



Thanks.

 

[Octopus]

Thanks helpful - Not!

 

[snowhead]

Balance of probabilities,, Brown is brown and Red isn't Brown.

 

[MDJ]

thats not the mains terminals, that is a internal link I suspect, theres no earth there haha

 

[Rappid]

Apparently, it's class 2.

 

[MDJ]

Really?? never seen a plastic cooker hood myelf, those connections cannot be the mains in at those colours unless a foreign make, although usually it is black and white, hmmm.

 

[Rappid]

Just looking at belling.co.uk and found a pdf for their hoods, it states that the unit is fully insulated and should not be earthed and the appliance is supplied with a 2 core mains cable for connection.

http://www.belling.co.uk/uploadedFiles/Shared_Resources/Documents/Belling/Manual/bellingchim60-110%20Amended.pdf

 

[i=p/u]

Could bell out neural say from light or something , it should say somewhere

 

[Rappid]

It's a brand new hood. Looks like they're gonna have to get a sparky in to fit it as they're up north and I'm down in the south.

 

[john999uk]

You might be able to work it out by testing which colour is going to switch unless it's double pole switching but I doubt that.

 

[SYKRAPS]

It wouldn't surprise me if the supply lead is coiled up in the chimney and this is nothing to do with connection that they are trying to make, I have never come across a new chimney extractor that is not pre flexed.

 

[DPG]

Really?? never seen a plastic cooker hood myelf, those connections cannot be the mains in at those colours unless a foreign make, although usually it is black and white, hmmm.

Double insulated products don't have to have plastic cases - they can be metal; it's just that because they have two levels of insulation the metal outer case doesn't need to be earthed. Daz