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Hi. I am a first time poster so please be gentle I have been trying to find a definitive answer to the following for weeks and now I hope I can find one.
I am fitting a new kitchen and just taken out the old gas cooker. Got a gas safe engineer out tomorrow to fit the gas hob (built in now, rather than a freestanding cooker). Of course I now need to put an oven in, electric now. This is where I am having an issue. I have a 13amp fcu on the wall, running to a double socket. I need an oven which will get power from this. I have had one delivered today which until it arrived, I didn't know this-on the packaging it states 3100-3400watts- about 14 amp by my maths, which seems too much for a 13amp fcu. I cant get a new feed to it, so basically, can I use the oven with that kind of wattage on either a: a higher amp cable to a 13amp heavy duty plug into the double socket fed via the fcu. Or b: swap out the socket for an fcu/outlet and wire into this direct?
The wife is wanting a cooker fitted ASAP naturally, so I have a 2200 watt cooker too. She would prefer the 3400 watt one (I admit, it is nicer!) but I want the best and safest option given my current kitchen and electrical config.
Thanks in advance for your help.
I am fitting a new kitchen and just taken out the old gas cooker. Got a gas safe engineer out tomorrow to fit the gas hob (built in now, rather than a freestanding cooker). Of course I now need to put an oven in, electric now. This is where I am having an issue. I have a 13amp fcu on the wall, running to a double socket. I need an oven which will get power from this. I have had one delivered today which until it arrived, I didn't know this-on the packaging it states 3100-3400watts- about 14 amp by my maths, which seems too much for a 13amp fcu. I cant get a new feed to it, so basically, can I use the oven with that kind of wattage on either a: a higher amp cable to a 13amp heavy duty plug into the double socket fed via the fcu. Or b: swap out the socket for an fcu/outlet and wire into this direct?
The wife is wanting a cooker fitted ASAP naturally, so I have a 2200 watt cooker too. She would prefer the 3400 watt one (I admit, it is nicer!) but I want the best and safest option given my current kitchen and electrical config.
Thanks in advance for your help.