New patented electrical outlet

[littlespark]

It’s a combined outlet with a socket…. Like the isolation switch above could be a switch without a socket…

All it could be used for is electric igniter on a gas hob, with the oven hardwired.
Would the interior take the load of an electric induction hob and separate oven on a 13A plug?

 

[nicebutdim]

Cooker outlet plates have never had a built in means of isolation. That would be provided by the cooker switch above the worktop.
The outlet plate goes below the worktop.

Cooker outlets are generally fitted downstream from an isolator.

The sort of outlet this contraption seeks to replace usually has its own means of isolation.

It's as though someone decided it would be a good idea to combine the two and provide the least best option.


*Obviously my comments are directed at the linked patent and possibly not at product patented by the OP/

 

[DPG]

I suppose it comes down to how much it costs really. It can't be priced at much more than the cost of a single socket and an outlet plate.

 

[nicebutdim]

I suppose it comes down to how much it costs really. It can't be priced at much more than the cost of a single socket and an outlet plate.

Surface clipped cable isn't going to fly with many owners of a new kitchen.

 

[DPG]

Surface clipped cable isn't going to fly with many owners of a new kitchen.

I think it might be intended to be mounted lower down like where a flex outlet would be. But fed from an isolator switch above.

 

[nicebutdim]

I think it might be intended to be mounted lower down like where a flex outlet would be. But fed from an isolator switch above.

Cord grip is raised above plate level, so I suspect a cover is to be placed over it.

The inclusion of a 13A socket outlet led me to believe this was intended to replace the old fashioned cooker isolator/socket combo, but perhaps it is intended for used behind oven or below hob, with socket provided for gas igniter or microwave as previously suggested.

I need to get hold of a better imagination.

 

[DPG]

Cord grip is raised above plate level, so I suspect a cover is to be placed over it.

The inclusion of a 13A socket outlet led me to believe this was intended to replace the old fashioned cooker isolator/socket combo, but perhaps it is intended for used behind oven or below hob, with socket provided for gas igniter or microwave as previously suggested.

I need to get hold of a better imagination.

Yeah I think definitely that's the case. Just replaces a single socket and flex outlet. Still needs an isolator above.

Needs to be pretty cheap.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

In parts of European 3-phase land, they like to plug cookers in with 5-pin Perilex plugs, or the Swiss or French equivalents. Usually 16A or optionally 25A, if the cooker shares the load reasonably evenly between the phases, the 16A plug gives the equivalent of 48A single-phase, or 32A if only two phases are used (leaving the the third for the oven). In single-phase installations, there is an unofficial re-purposing of the Perilex as 2 x 16A by connecting the L3 pin to neutral instead. Russia has a dedicated 3-pin cooker plug rated at 25A, so rather less useful but purpose-made with a flat design to fit behind a cooker.

When you have wired a cooker to a Perilex with nothing heavier than 2.5mm², our system that involves beating 6.0 or 10.0 into submission and/or then finding your oven has a 2.5mm² flex intended for a 16A circuit all seems a bit random. Also what we really don't have a neat solution for is the significant number of ovens that require a circuit fused at no more than 20A, but more than 13A. These are often intended to be plugged-in with a 16A plug in Europe, but as we don't have a 16A domestic socket in the UK we end up hard-wiring them, perhaps paralleled with the hob on a 32A circuit and conveniently overlooking the requirement for 20A max OCPD.

It is possible to design a relatively cheap but reliable 32A or even 40A connector with a low profile, if high insertion force and limited insertion cycle life are not important. If the OP wants to revolutionise cooker connections, how about a dual socket face plate with two 32A low-profile connectors that can accept 6.0 T+E or 5-core 2.5, with the option to fuse one down to 20A with a cartridge. A bridge too far? People said that about RCDs.

 

[loz2754]

I think it might be intended to be mounted lower down like where a flex outlet would be. But fed from an isolator switch above.

Like I said

 

[DPG]

Like I said

I know, but I was trying to see what the major revelation was about it. I can't see anything groundbreaking apart from not having to make the short connection between a 13A socket and a flex outlet.

 

[nicebutdim]

Like I said

The repetition was my fault as I was struggling to see past this outlet being given pride of place on a newly tiled wall.

 

[SparkySy]

I think it is a good idea if it will fit on a standard twin box.
I hate squeezing into a base unit and fighting with multiple cables trying to wire a socket and outlet for a gas ignition hob and 6kw oven or 6kw hob and 2kw oven.
If as said above it is reasonable price and it cuts down the time on installation I'm all for it. Did I mention I hate being crammed into a base unit!

 

[123]

If retrofitting an oven and a hob most likely will find there is only a 1 gang box there at present. The dual cooker connection units I find are great to work with

 

[DPG]

If retrofitting an oven and a hob most likely will find there is only a 1 gang box there at present. The dual cooker connection units I find are great to work with

Unless one item needs fusing down.

 

[123]

Unless one item needs fusing down.

Short length of flex and a trailing socket. Quite a lot of ovens I find wouldn't have enough room for a single socket and a plug