Swapping out a cooker switch

[IzzyS]

Have been asked to disconnect a 40A fixed line to a cooker. The new cooker is apparently a '13A, 3 pin' one, though I'll believe that when I see it. The cable isn't being removed, so it needs terminating properly. I was thinking it could go into a new plug socket, but then the RCD for the circuit would be too high. Have been looking at
1) Swapping the isolator switch for an isolator switch with a socket, and just leaving the cooker switch on this unconnected and non-functional
2) Wiring in a double socket with a built in RCD

What do people think?

Not enough info, but assuming it has a 100mA RCD and that is why the "the RCD for the circuit would be too high", rather than it being too far up the wall, why not swap the cooker outlet plate for a 13A fcu?

Chop the plug off the oven, and wire into the FCU. No socket, no RCD required. Obviously note the lack of RCD protection for the concealed cable(s), if any. But you didn't install it/them so you can only advise the customer that the situation needs improving.

As an aside, my understanding is that RCDs limit the duration of a shock (otherwise we wouldn't be testing trip times, would we?). Whether that's the same as severity is open to debate. :smartass: