cooker problems

[angel1977]

hi all, i have a delongi cooker with a rating of 10960 w there is what i presume to be a 6mm wire from my cooker switch going in to the fuse box on a 32 amp fuse i say presume because the wire is bigger than the two wires going into the 30 amp fuse in the the fuse box but smaller than the shower cable going into a 45 amp fuse which i know to be 10mm the problem is and i have asked this question before but got baffled with the questions that came back, when i connect the cooker the clock comes on but if i try to draw power it trips out i have had a sparky out and he says he needs to pull up floorbards and put in a 10mm cable and uprate the fuse to a 45 amp one is this right?

 

[securespark]

You can apply diversity to the cooker.

Doing this means your 6mm & 32A is OK.

Sounds like you have an earth fault.

 

[angel1977]

many thanks for that one more question you knowthe cooker switch on the wall should both earths be wired into the same hole

 

[securespark]

Not important, as long as both are connected to each other and to the switch terminal(s)

 

[KingboyD]

Quick question on a slight tangent - what does diversity mean??



Ta

 

[KingboyD]

Quick question on a slight tangent - what does diversity mean??



Ta

Anyone

 

[ricicle]

Diversity is the assumption that you can make that a cooker (or installation) will not use all its potential load at the same time eg a four ring/1 oven/1 grill cooker might only use say the oven and two rings at any one time or the oven and grill on and one ring.
Also on installations the total of the overcurrent devices will usually add up to a lot greater than the main switch or supply fuse but it is safe to assume that all the circuits will not be used to their full rating at anyone time if at all (usually only maybe a shower or immersion heater near full rating of overcurrent device)

 

[slippyr4]

but if i try to draw power it trips out

It trips when you turn one ring on? On when you turn *everything* on?