Hi all,
When we first moved into our house we had an all electric cooker that was 'hard wired' to a dedicated socket in the kitchen ( wall socket with a big red switch on it). This goes to an old fashioned 30A fuse in our consumer unit.
We switched to an all gas cooker and ended up terminating the electric supply with a normal 13amp socket next to the new cooker just to power the new cookers ignition spark.
We want to switch to a dual fuel cooker which would mean re-hardwiring the 'leccy. Can this be one without having to take the cable right back to the wall socket? That would be difficult as we'd have to rip out kitchen units and the tile splashback. Can it be hardwired by taking off the 13amp socket and replacing it with a 30A junction box? I have no idea what the rating of the new cooker is, but its a 50cm conventional indesit oven.
We will of course be using an electrician but if it's going to mean ripping things out and maybe having to replace the consumer unit then maybe another gas oven is the way to go!
Many thanks,
Simon
When we first moved into our house we had an all electric cooker that was 'hard wired' to a dedicated socket in the kitchen ( wall socket with a big red switch on it). This goes to an old fashioned 30A fuse in our consumer unit.
We switched to an all gas cooker and ended up terminating the electric supply with a normal 13amp socket next to the new cooker just to power the new cookers ignition spark.
We want to switch to a dual fuel cooker which would mean re-hardwiring the 'leccy. Can this be one without having to take the cable right back to the wall socket? That would be difficult as we'd have to rip out kitchen units and the tile splashback. Can it be hardwired by taking off the 13amp socket and replacing it with a 30A junction box? I have no idea what the rating of the new cooker is, but its a 50cm conventional indesit oven.
We will of course be using an electrician but if it's going to mean ripping things out and maybe having to replace the consumer unit then maybe another gas oven is the way to go!
Many thanks,
Simon