Cooker and hob advice

[uksrevivor]

Anyone connecting a future appliance should be verifying that the circuit and connection method are suitable for the appliance.

I totally agree with you but that does not always happen. A new owner who is moving in will most likely disconnect his own electric cooker from his old property see that in his new property there is a cooker isolator in place and rewire his new cooker in to the cooker outlet without giving it another thought.

 

[Toneyz]

Correct me if im wrong here please but a dual outlet plate has the feed or supply in and the ability to connect 2 loads out.Your drawing is showing the highest load on the last point of radial which would be fed by 4mm T&E cable from either a socket or FCU. If the dual outlet plate is fitted then there is no issue with the 2x 6mm T&E cable. One 6mm T&E cable will feed the cooker and another 6mm T&E cable will supply the socket or FCU. By using 4mm T&E to supply the cooker outlet you have a chance that in the future the owner or new owner may install an all electric cooker that will be fed by 4mm T&E and could potentially become a weak link when the electric cooker is under full load.

If you are using the dual cooker outlet then yes you can do it this way as you can get 3 6.0mm cables in.I was referring to a standard cooker outlet plate if used.the reason I said 4.0mm was sockets these days do not have the large bellmouth terminals they used to.The post I thought was stating gas hob electric oven aprox 16A.If this is the case we will have to wire 32A radial socket circuits in 6.0mm then in case of full load.

 

[uksrevivor]

Ahh my apologies anthony I see what you are getting at, 3 6.0mm cables in a standard cooker outlet would be near on impossible and not advisable.

 

[Andy78]

I totally agree with you but that does not always happen. A new owner who is moving in will most likely disconnect his own electric cooker from his old property see that in his new property there is a cooker isolator in place and rewire his new cooker in to the cooker outlet without giving it another thought.

A driver could fail to stop at my nearest zebra crossing tomorrow but I'm not going to the shops in a crash helmet.

 

[uksrevivor]

LOL point taken Andy

 

[Toneyz]

I totally agree with you but that does not always happen. A new owner who is moving in will most likely disconnect his own electric cooker from his old property see that in his new property there is a cooker isolator in place and rewire his new cooker in to the cooker outlet without giving it another thought.

this would of only been a link in a dual K.O.box the cable is ratted above the 32A protective device

 

[stevethesparks]

Will the sso be next to the cooker outlet, if so no problem wiring the spur in 2.5 from a dual outlet plate, just as you would a spurred sso from a final ring circuit with 32A protection. Wiring in 6.00mm for the sake of the ignition is slightly over the top.

 

[Davebullock]

So 2.5 to hob should be ok if rated 13amp

 

[chris day]

Hi bought a new electric cooker and gas hob
Have a 6mm cable with isolator above worktop and a junction box behind cooker
Because the gas hob is only ignition needed for electrics can I just wire it to the 6mm cooker junction box and the isolator will control both
Or do I take it off the ring

Run a 4mm cable from jb to a new socket
Plug the ignition into the socket
Provided it's 32a protecting the circuit