Question about electic oven

[abuameer]

Hi all,

This is my first post. I have just purchased an electric oven which is rated at max of 3200 Watt. Currently my kitchen has a ring circuit with MCB of 32 Amps. Is it law that this oven has to have its own radial circuit? doing the maths : 3200 / 230 = 13.91Amps. No way near the 32 AMps but i understand that kitchens tend to run high rated appliances such as toaster, washing machine, kettle etc and there may be a point in time that it could use up the 32 Amps. If it is not law that it needs to be on a separate radial circuit then is it possible to increase the 32 Amps to 40 Amps say? Thanks for all your advice.

Regards,

Abu

 

[abuameer]

Just to add, current oven (rated at 1800 Watt) is connected to a socket via plug rated at 13amps. There is no dedicated supply going to the kitchen at this moment.

 

[malcolmsanford]

There is no law that says you can not plug your oven into your ring circuit, if your oven comes with a molded 13amp plug.

What there is though is a regulation that says you must conform to the manufacturers instructions, so read that and they may ask for a dedicated circuit.

There are also guides that say an appliance such as an oven, over 2kw should be on it's own dedicated circuit, but again that is a guide.

Bottom line really is, I personally would want this on a dedicated circuit, if you don't put it on one and the manufacturers say it should be you might just have a warranty problem...............but apart from that then plug her in

 

[Engineer54]

I'd be surprised if your new oven can pull 13.92a or will ever see that value!! Read the many threads and posts here relating to your query to understand Why!!

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