I'm in South Australia in case it makes a difference to rules! Installing a new flat pack kitchen soon with Gas cook-top (bottled gas) and electric under bench oven. I have seen and been told, conflicting things regarding the legal requirements for an isolation switch. If I have a Gas cook-top, do I still have to have an isolation switch installed for the Electric oven??
Thanks in anticipation, Lesley N.
Hi Lesley,
Thanks for your question. We asked Gary Busbridge from Clipsal by Schneider Electric. Please see his answer below.
A Stove Isolator is not required for the oven. It is for electric cooktops, see excerpt from AS/NZS 3000 below
4.7 COOKING APPLIANCES
4.7.1 Switching device
A circuit for a fixed or stationary cooking appliance having an open cooking surface incorporating electric heating, e.g. a cooktop, deep fat fryer, barbecue griddle or similar, shall be provided with a switch, operating in all active conductors, mounted near the appliance in a visible and readily accessible position.