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[helicon]

I am repacing my kitchen units and have bought plug in lights for fixing under my wall cupboads. On two walls I can use a spur as normal,but the wall unit on the cooker wall is positioned above the combined cooker switch and socket with no other ring main socket available.
Can I run a fused spur from the socket side of the cooker switch? Any advice would be appreciated.

[ericmark]

Can the cooker supply be used? In most cases yes. Can you do it. In most cases no. It comes under Part P unless in Scotland and even if you are it should be tested to see if suitable and you are unlikely to have test sets required. I would advise RCD I do remember as a child of about 10 sticking my fingers in the hole where my Dad had removed the bulb because the switch was faulty and it would not turn off. I only did it once.

[helicon]

Hi Eric Thanks for the information.- The light that i propose using fits under the wall cupboard and is 10w-12v with transformer and separate switch. Does this information change anything?