Currently have a 4.0mm T&E dedicated spur for the oven, the cable terminates in a 45a double cooker socket - the cooker switch goes no where. At the moment limited to a cooker on a 13amp socket, so if I wanted to get a higher wattage cooker would need to do some tile removal and chasing and add a cooker outlet. Just checking there are no other options, such as a double cooker socket with a flex output?
Double cooker socket with flex outlet?
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Do you really mean a "spur"?
A spur is an additional circuit added to an existing circuit (eg a spur to a ring final circuit).
Perhaps you mean it's a dedicated cooker radial circuit?
Second (pedantic) question.
How do you know it is 4mm² conductor cable?
What is the CPD in the consumer unit protecting this circuit?
So, I'm assuming this is a regular cooker circuit, that comes from the consumer unit, going nowhere else, but terminating into the cooker switch, that also has a socket on it. Correct?
If so, then the cooker switch will have a feed side that the cable from the consumer unit connects to, and there will be a load side on that switch. There should be a cable (of similar thickness to the feed) that should appear at nor near the back of the cooker/oven location. If not you'll need to provide one - chasing and retiling as you go.
There is no cooker switch with an unfused flex outlet.
A spur is an additional circuit added to an existing circuit (eg a spur to a ring final circuit).
Perhaps you mean it's a dedicated cooker radial circuit?
Second (pedantic) question.
How do you know it is 4mm² conductor cable?
What is the CPD in the consumer unit protecting this circuit?
So, I'm assuming this is a regular cooker circuit, that comes from the consumer unit, going nowhere else, but terminating into the cooker switch, that also has a socket on it. Correct?
If so, then the cooker switch will have a feed side that the cable from the consumer unit connects to, and there will be a load side on that switch. There should be a cable (of similar thickness to the feed) that should appear at nor near the back of the cooker/oven location. If not you'll need to provide one - chasing and retiling as you go.
There is no cooker switch with an unfused flex outlet.
Sorry could you re write your post?
Cooker circuits tend to be on dedicated circuits direct back to the board and on there own fuse. The reason being that the loading tends to be way too high for a spur or simple ring socket.
You mention a 4 mm spur and suggest its a spur from a circuit, are you sure?
It is very common to have a 4mm or 6mm cable direct from the board going via a cooker switch, on the old side of the switch a short run of cable is taken down to a cooker outlet. Cooker outlets can be single or double. A double is suitable for onward connection to an oven and a hob via suitable rated flex cables.
Cooker circuits tend to be on dedicated circuits direct back to the board and on there own fuse. The reason being that the loading tends to be way too high for a spur or simple ring socket.
You mention a 4 mm spur and suggest its a spur from a circuit, are you sure?
It is very common to have a 4mm or 6mm cable direct from the board going via a cooker switch, on the old side of the switch a short run of cable is taken down to a cooker outlet. Cooker outlets can be single or double. A double is suitable for onward connection to an oven and a hob via suitable rated flex cables.
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Sorry, I mean radial.
32amp RCBO, its had a periodic inspection in the recent past.
Yes
The socket only has a feed.
Ok, thanks.
Just check there is no conduit (pipe) alrady run from the bottom of the cooker switch box. Before you start ripping tiles orf.
Just wondered how you measured that 4mm? The measurement is the cross surface area of the copper conductors. So, did you get your micrometer out>?
It MAY be 4mm² but 6mm² is more likely.
Just wondered how you measured that 4mm? The measurement is the cross surface area of the copper conductors. So, did you get your micrometer out>?
It MAY be 4mm² but 6mm² is more likely.
No measuring, its on a niceic report
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