They probably wouldn't.Maybe so ,but i don't think anyone in this country would go to all that trouble to fit a 16amp socket ?
Such sockets contravene the Wiring Regulations anyway.
also one could argue that bosch don't really take the UK in to account when making these hobs.
It's a Bosch.
It is designed to go into houses which have 16A socket circuits, i.e. mainland Europe.
It is not designed to go into houses which have 32A socket circuits with 13A fused plugs, i.e. the UK.
In theory.Also as stated ,the protection is really for the cable and not the hob
Must be tempting for a maker to shave costs by not including any internal protection if he's specced 16A external...
In theory...,if there is a fault the consumer would trip before anything major happened .
This is a 2.3kW oven.Also all hobs i have come across will take 6mm cable .