I've always heard that stoves and ranges should be on their own circuit, but am not sure if that applies to only electric or both.
We have a gas stove and I discovered recently that it is on the same circuit as the kitchen light (nothing big--it's a small kitchen) and one outlet. I want to add the dining room light fixture to it.
Is this safe to do or should my gas stove be on its own circuit.
It's only necessary that electric stoves (ovens in the UK) have their own circuit. This is because they draw more current (30A in the UK) than a lighting or power circuit.
It's OK to have a gas oven plugged into a normal mains circuit as they only use electricity for:
None of these are heavy load, so can be safely accommodated on a standard circuit.
The same rules about not overloading a circuit apply of course, so check what else is on this one as well as the cooker.
ChrisF's comment is very appropriate. Not much about a gas range or oven uses electricity, so whatever circuit it's on it's unlikely to make any impact. A typical kitchen will have dedicated circuits for microwave, dishwasher, and disposal. All other items would be a part of the two small appliance circuits required by the UBC. Oddly to me this includes the refrigerator. Newer refrigerators are fairly energy efficient, but many people still have energy hogging refrigerators. What's unusual in your case is that a lamp is on the small appliance circuit. Generally lights are on a lighting circuit. Note that I said unusual and not bad.
