Fitting an Oven

[leslie]

I am having a new oven fitted, the new one is a single oven, that runs off a 13amp plug. The existing oven is hard wired into a cooker point which runs directly into the main fuse board .my question is can the existing cooker point be used to plug the new oven in, or is it best to do away with this completely , and extend the ring main and add a double plug socket.I do understand that the existing cooker cable is 6mm.
Regards

 

[Taylortwocities]

MDJ did !

Nope, It was Eng54 :chinese:

 

[Engineer54]

I probably got mixed up reading all the other posts, anyhow my point is if there is another appliance whether an hob or an oven the OP could fit a new dual outlet and connect the existing plus a bit of T&E from the other part of the dual outlet to a new single socket as well if he didn't want to cut the plug off. if no other hob or oven then yeah just change the existing outlet for a single socket

Yep, it seems i made the same mix-up with other threads that are running at the moment!!! Sorry All!!! lol!!

 

[p11jor]

Just smash the single cooker point into a double and put one of them isolated/13amp outlet plates on.

 

[Rifleman]

Another question regarding the cooker circuit. Currently I have a cooker control unit with a plug as part of the fixture which has the normal 6mm cable in and out feed. I need to move this lower and put it in a cupboard but under 18 Ed it does not seem this is allowed.
Can I leave the fixture were it is then place a dual cooker outlet from the current fixture and with 6mm running to a switched socket or can I use 2.5mm to socket fixture. Then I can just use the plug already fitted to the cooker.

 

[Taylortwocities]

There is no regulation about the placement of a cooker control switch, other than being suitable for the environment. In fact you do not need to have one.
(where did you find this in the 18th? Regulation number please!)
It can go in the cupboard, or do as you propose from dual connect unit.
2.5mm cable to socket is fine.

 

[Rifleman]

There is no regulation about the placement of a cooker control switch, other than being suitable for the environment. In fact you do not need to have one.
(where did you find this in the 18th? Regulation number please!)
It can go in the cupboard, or do as you propose from dual connect unit.
2.5mm cable to socket is fine.

There is no regulation about the placement of a cooker control switch, other than being suitable for the environment. In fact you do not need to have one.
(where did you find this in the 18th? Regulation number please!)
It can go in the cupboard, or do as you propose from dual connect unit.
2.5mm cable to socket is fine.

Thanks for fast reply
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Thanks for fast reply some one winding me up at work regarding 18th ed

 

[Taylortwocities]

There is a “Dummies Guide to BS76761” called the On Site Guide. This used to refer to cooker isolation switch positioning, but it’s a guide and some of the stuff in there is historic and is no longer current.

Ask your colleague for the regulation number!