cooker cable

  1. HoneycombEchoRomeo

    Do I need an electrician in? 32amp to Cooker Switch to Double Socket.

    Hi Guys, I am just changing my plug top oven over & gas hob and noticed the following: 32AMP Breaker > 6MM Cable > Cooker Switch 45a > 4mm cable > Double Socket which powers both. 13a Plug Top Oven replacing the previous same plug top. Gas Hob and just powers the igniter. Is this right or do...
  2. S

    Cooker cable size 12.9kw cooker

    Will a 12.9kw freestanding 60cm induction hob cooker be ok on a 32amp 6mm cable cicuit.
  3. D

    Cooker cable

    Hi we are about to re do our kitchen and am looking for information on the hard wireing for the built in cooker as we want to move it! Can I buy new cable and lengthen the cable from the cooker to the wireing point and have the cable running around behind the cabinets? If not how much would it...
  4. I

    6mm cooker cable

    If this protected by a 40amp rcbo is this unacceptable. Does the cooker kw not effect rcbo size?
  5. A

    Cooker Cable Size / Wiring

    Hi All Just looking for a 2nd opinion on cable sizing / breaker for a old cooker. The customer has had a 'Cooker Engineer' out to advise that the cooker needs to be wired in 16mm cable to a cooker switch which is currently unused. The current setup is a 2.5mm HR flex on a plug top with a 13...
  6. L

    Cooker cable size

    I am not an electrician but consider myself to be very knowledgeable in installation works. Lately however, I have come across a problem when carrying out work at my home. I have supplied my cooker circuit in 1.5mm cable as stated in the 18th edition but have since had issues with my sockets...
  7. OnlQQker

    Another question about cables (6.0mm & 2.5)

    Around 25 years ago I went to Spain with my girlfriend and stayed in an apartment, as she was unpacking the suitcase I decided to take the consumer unit face plate off and have a look. I was surprised to find what looked like 6.0mm cooker cable forming a ring, when I removed the faceplate from a...
  8. K

    Cut through the sheathing of cooker cable.

    Curing the floorboard in room and the cooker cable that runs through a notch in the joist was cut. Through the grey cable and the tips of the brown and blue wires. Just enough to see the copper core. whats best to do in this situation as obviously I don’t want to replace the whole cable
  9. Gary Tollison

    Wago connector cooker cable repair

    Greetings After having made some floorboards in the bedroom secure after the cowboys who did the electrics in this house a long time ago couldn’t be bothered, I have duscovered that the sawn-off end of the floorboard had been hammered back under the wall, and as a result, the outer insulation...
  10. D

    Extending cooker cable, Scotland

    Hi, I would like to move my built-under oven to the opposite side of the kitchen into an eye-level housing requiring 15M of 6mm T&E cable surface mounted round the kitchen behind the units. To keep it simple I intend leaving the existing switch connected to the existing cooker connection point...
    • Deleted member 119117
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    • cable cooker cooker cable extending scotland
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  11. C

    Joining existing cooker cable

    Hi, neighbour has asked me if I would move his cooker control switch for him. Since new position of it is further away,this would require joining existing cable via JB or, as is preferable, running a new cable. Running a new cable is a fairly big job,so do the regs allow a JB to be used in this...
  12. shnabz

    New Cooker Cable

    What kind of cable do I need to wire a new 7.9kW cooker?
  13. T

    Cooker Cable Downsized halfway through circuit

    Hi working at a house and noticed the cooker cable (6mm) has been joined above the kitchen units to a 2.5mm which then runs into a fused spur and to the cooker, circuit has been on a 32amp mcb all this time, I was thinking to just put the 6mm on a 16amp mcb in the fuseboard and note it on the...
  14. A

    Cooker cable

    Can someone tell me about cooker cables, the in-laws have had a new kitchen fitted, but they have put the cooker on 2.5mm cable, and wired it in to the ring main off a switched fuse ??? the cooker is a range master, for some reason the kitchen fitters took the manual for the cooker ??? but I...
  15. B

    Using Jbox to extend cooker cable

    Hi there all. im fitting my own kitchen and intend moving the single oven to a tall unit on an adjacent wall. The ceiling is currently down to enable running lighting cable for dos lighters and removing the awful after. I can see where the 6mm comes into the kitchen and down to the existing...
    • Billwah
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    • cable cooker cooker cable extend using
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: DIY Electrical Advice
  16. K

    Cooker Cable Calc question

    Hello, Just doing a Cooker Cable Calculation for a Rangemaster Toldeo 110. Total Load is 17.4kW Calculations 17400/230 = 75.65A First 10A = 10A 30% of remainder (65.65A) = 19.70A Cooker Point with Socket = 5A Total Current = 34.70A Cable will be layed under floor then chased into wall...
    • kiwiNCFC
    • Thread
    • cable cooker cooker cable question
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  17. L

    cooker cable

    i have a double oven to fit the existing wire is 6mm , the oven has a 2.3kw main oven,1.3kw top oven and a 2.6kw grill will the cable be sufficient thanks
  18. A

    Cooker Cable

    Seen this cooker being advertised http://www.appliancespares-direct.co.uk/statesman-statesman-delta-freestanding-cooker-white-p-8344.html and had a look and it is supplied with a 1.5mm flex, surely this isn't suitable. IMO it should be a 6mm cable supplied. Thoughts guys.
    • AndrewMgan1976
    • Thread
    • cable cooker cooker cable
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  19. P

    cooker cable 8mm or 10mm ?

    hello all just a post to check for advise please taking my old cooker out the cable is 8mm my new cooker has a rating of 9.1kw is this cable OK ? specs, for my new cooker says ( cable h05w-fg 5x1.5mm 3x4mm ) why don't they just say 8mm or 10mm cable ! thank you Paul
  20. O

    My head hurts - cooker cable calc

    Ok, had far too much to drink last night and wish I'd done this estimate yesterday but didn't and need a sanity check. New dual fuel cooker being installed (gas ovens) and electric hob This is the electrical spec Power ratings - hob 1 x 1kW, 2 x 1.7 kW, 1 x 3.0 kW, 1 x 3.5 kW, 2 x 1.1kW...

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