UK Electrical oven installation

[Deleted member 122464]

Just purchased a new oven which has a 13amp fused plug attached. The kitchen has a cooker terminal which has 6mm cable coming from it. The existing oven has a 2.5mm flex (no plug). The hob is separate and also has a 2.5mm flex. Both oven and hob have been chocolate boxed to the 6mm cable - I did not do this!

So I want to be able to plug my new oven in and use the existing hob. The hob specs are 250v and 6kw - mania says to use 2.5m cable which is what the previous owner of the house has done. The new oven is less than 3kw.

Is it ok and proper to place a double gang 13amp fused socket on the end of the 6mm cable which comes from the terminal. Then fix a 13amp plug to the hob - attach the socket to the wall and have both oven and hob plugged in. This preserves the existing terminal in case the hob breaks and we need to hard wire one in the future. Is this ok to do?

 

[DPG]

That’s a bit of a myth I’m afraid . If in doubt email the manufacturer. I found that most are not bothered. I did read somewhere , that moulded plugs are used to simplify the manufacturing processes and has nothing to do with safety.

Absolutely. more words here and here

 

[Deleted member 105166]

That’s a bit of a myth I’m afraid . If in doubt email the manufacturer. I found that most are not bothered. I did read somewhere , that moulded plugs are used to simplify the manufacturing processes and has nothing to do with safety.

Essentially the safety aspect with a moulded plug is that it prevents an Ordinary Person from attempting to fit a wired plugtop and getting it wrong, be that be miswiring, not sufficiently tightening, leaving exposed or nicked inner cores, etc, etc.