Manufacturer recommends 32amp breaker for 2kw appliance?

[stokielee]

Got to a customers house today after a brief discussion recently that they have brought a 2kw hob and it needs fittings. I went through the manufacturer’s instructions and they recommend it to be hard wired and that it is to be put on a 32amp breaker, obviously a 2kw appliance will pull around 8amps if my maths is correct so I am wondering am I missing something here? The hard wired part isn’t a problem, it’s more the size of breaker they recommend. There was 2x line and 2x neutral conductors too crimped together (this is where I first thought things weren’t what I am used to)

 

[brianmoooore]

These post-brexit days it should be a UKCA mark for anything in the UK

Can you buy them on sticky back rolls as well?

 

[littlespark]

These post-brexit days it should be a UKCA mark for anything in the UK

Unusable Krap from China Anyway?

 

[John-SJW]

I'm going FCU route anyway, as I reckon it would be hard to argue a correctly fitted FCU is somehow inferior to a plug?

FCU is better than a plug for sure. But when on for sustained periods the 13A fuse, or connections, can overheat. A small box with a 13A MCB (or 16A - yes you can have a 16A MCB off a ring) and 20A DP switch off the ring would be better for sure. They could be in an adjacent cupboard.

An extreme example.

MCB can be in a box like this. About £3-4